About Scythinus of Teos
Scythinus of Teos was a poet and epigrammatist.
Scythinus of Teos (; ) was an iambic poet from Teos who turned the work of the philosopher Heraclitus into verse. A considerable fragment, apparently from this work, is preserved by Stobaeus. Two of his epigrams are also preserved in the Greek Anthology.
Plutarch also quotes from him twice some verses respecting the lyre, and Athenaeus quotes from him once. Scythinus is also mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium.
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Scythinus of Teos was born in Teos.
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Scythinus of Teos was a poet and epigrammatist.
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