About Pericleitus
Lived 599 BC – 501 BC (aged 97–98). Pericleitus was a musician and citharode.
Pericleitus was a Lesbian lyric musician of the school of Terpander, flourished shortly before Hipponax, that is, a little earlier than 550 BC. At the Lacedaemonian festival of the Carneia, there were musical contests with the cithara, in which the Lesbian musicians of Terpander's school had obtained the prize from the time of Terpander himself to that of Pericleitus, with whom the glory of the school ceased.
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Who was Pericleitus?
ancient Greek musician
When was Pericleitus born?
Pericleitus was born in 599 BC in Lesbos.
When did Pericleitus die?
Pericleitus died in 501 BC.
What was Pericleitus's occupation?
Pericleitus was a musician and citharode.
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