Arion Methymna
Arion Methymna is a character mid-historic mid-legendary Greek poet and musician of the seventh century BC. AD
Biography
Born Methymna in the island of Lesbos , he lives long in the court of Periander , tyrant of Corinth , before traveling to Sicily and Italy. Herodotus . According to the Roman grammarian Solin , the statue is a temple dedicated to Arion and bears an inscription stating that the story takes place during the 29thOlympiad , the year Arion Sicilian wins games. The dolphin that saved the poet is ranked among the constellations , see Dolphin (constellation).
It looks like the inventor of Arion dithyramb . The song was still underway at the second century AD. AD at the time of the Christian apologist Clement of Alexandria denounces Arion, Amphion and Orpheus as the first to lead "humanity before the idols . "
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