About Chrysogonus of Athens
Chrysogonus of Athens was a Greek poet and flautist.
Chrysogonus (Χρυσόγονος) was a celebrated Athenian flute player, who dressed in a sacred robe pythike stole played to keep the rowers in time, when Alcibiades made his triumphal entry into the Piraeus on his return from banishment in 407 BC. From a conversation between the father of Chrysogonus and Stratonicus, reported by Athenaeus, it seems that Chrysogonus had a brother who was a dramatic poet. Chrysogonus himself was the author of a poem or drama entitled Politeia, which some attributed to Epicharmus.
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Who was Chrysogonus of Athens?
ancient flute-player
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Chrysogonus of Athens was a poet and flautist.
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Chrysogonus of Athens was Greek.
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