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Melanippides, the Glossary

Melanippides of Melos (Μελανιππίδης), one of the most celebrated lyric poets in the use of dithyramb, and an exponent of the "new music.".^[1]

Antistrophe

Antistrophe (ἀντιστροφή, "a turning back") is the portion of an ode sung by the chorus in its returning movement from west to east in response to the strophe, which was sung from east to west.

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Aristodemus

In Greek mythology, Aristodemus (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστόδημος) was one of the Heracleidae, son of Aristomachus and brother of Cresphontes and Temenus.

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Aristotle

Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.

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Cinesias (Κινησίας; c. 450 – 390 BC) was an innovative dithyrambic poet (an exponent of the "new music") in classical Athens whose work has survived only in a few fragments. Melanippides and Cinesias (poet) are 5th-century BC poets and dithyrambic poets.

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Danaïdes

In Greek mythology, the Danaïdes (Δαναΐδες), also Danaides or Danaids, were the fifty daughters of Danaus, king of Libya.

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Diagoras of Melos

Diagoras of Melos (Διαγόρας ὁ Μήλιος) or Diagoras "the Atheist" was a Greek poet and sophist of the 5th century BC. Melanippides and Diagoras of Melos are 5th-century BC poets, ancient Greek lyric poets and ancient Melians.

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Dithyramb

The dithyramb (διθύραμβος, dithyrambos) was an ancient Greek hymn sung and danced in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility; the term was also used as an epithet of the god.

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Euripides

Euripides was a tragedian of classical Athens. Melanippides and Euripides are Courtiers of Archelaus of Macedon.

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Homer

Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.

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Lasus of Hermione

Lasus of Hermione (Λάσος ὁ Ἑρμιονεύς) was a Greek lyric poet of the 6th century BC from the city of Hermione in the Argolid. Melanippides and Lasus of Hermione are ancient Greek lyric poets, ancient Greek musicians and dithyrambic poets.

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Marsyas

In Greek mythology, the satyr Marsyas (Μαρσύας) is a central figure in two stories involving music: in one, he picked up the double oboe (aulos) that had been abandoned by Athena and played it; in the other, he challenged Apollo to a contest of music and lost his hide and life.

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Meleager of Gadara

Meleager of Gadara (Μελέαγρος; fl. 1st century BC) was a poet and collector of epigrams.

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Milos

Milos or Melos (Mílos,; Mêlos) is a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea, just north of the Sea of Crete.

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Pherecrates

Pherecrates (Greek: Φερεκράτης) was a Greek poet of Athenian Old Comedy, and a rough contemporary of Cratinus, Crates and Aristophanes.

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Phrynnis

Phrynnis or Phrynis (Φρύννις or Φρύνις) of Mytilene was a celebrated dithyrambic poet of ancient Greece, who lived roughly around the time of the Peloponnesian War. Melanippides and Phrynnis are 5th-century BC musicians, ancient Greek musicians and dithyrambic poets.

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Plutarch

Plutarch (Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos;; – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.

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Polykleitos

Polykleitos (Πολύκλειτος) was an ancient Greek sculptor, active in the 5th century BCE.

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Simonides of Ceos

Simonides of Ceos (Σιμωνίδης ὁ Κεῖος; c. 556 – 468 BC) was a Greek lyric poet, born in Ioulis on Ceos. Melanippides and Simonides of Ceos are 5th-century BC musicians, 5th-century BC poets and ancient Greek musicians.

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Sophocles

Sophocles (497/496 – winter 406/405 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41.

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Suda

The Suda or Souda (Soûda; Suidae Lexicon) is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas (Σουίδας).

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Theodor Bergk

Theodor Bergk (22 May 181220 July 1881) was a German philologist, an authority on classical Greek poetry.

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Timotheus of Miletus

Timotheus of Miletus (Τιμόθεος ὁ Μιλήσιος; c. 446 – 357 BC) was a Greek musician and dithyrambic poet, an exponent of the "new music." He added one or more strings to the lyre, whereby he incurred the displeasure of the Spartans and Athenians (E. Melanippides and Timotheus of Miletus are ancient Greek musicians, Courtiers of Archelaus of Macedon, dithyrambic poets and Metics in Classical Athens.

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Xenophon

Xenophon of Athens (Ξενοφῶν||; probably 355 or 354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian, born in Athens.

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Zeuxis (painter)

Zeuxis (Ζεῦξις) (of Heraclea) was a late 5th-century- early 4th-century BCE Greek artist famed for his ability to create images that appeared highly realistic.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanippides

Melanippides, the Glossary

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