Phrynis
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
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Clouds
A musician named by Just Cause as emblematic of the ornamental, decadent musical style forbidden under the old education.
But if any of them were to play the buffoon, or to turn any quavers, like these difficult turns the present artists make after the manner of Phrynis, he used to be thrashed, being beaten with many blows, as banishing the Muses.
History of the Peloponnesian War
Spartan Perioecus sent to verify Chios's naval strength before Sparta committed to alliance.
However, the Lacedaemonians first sent to Chios Phrynis, one of the Perioeci, to ascertain whether they had as many ships as they said, and whether their city corresponded with the representations of its high character: