About Panyassis
Lived 500 BC – 454 BC. Panyassis was a poet and writer.
Panyassis of Halicarnassus, sometimes called Panyasis ( or ), was a 5th-century BC Greek epic poet from Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey).
Life Panyassis was the son of Polyarchus from Halicarnassus, but the historian Duris of Samos claimed that Panyasis was the son of Diocles and from Samos. In addition, the historian Herodotus was either his nephew or his cousin. There was also another person of the same name, possibly the grandson of the poet, who wrote a work in two books on dreams.
In 454 BC, Panyassis was executed for political activities by the tyrant of Halicarnassus and grandson of Artemisia, Lygdamis ΙΙ , after an unsuccessful uprising against him.
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Who was Panyassis?
5th-century BC Greek epic poet
When was Panyassis born?
Panyassis was born in 500 BC in Halicarnassus.
When did Panyassis die?
Panyassis died in 454 BC in Halicarnassus.
What was Panyassis's occupation?
Panyassis was a poet and writer.
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