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Polyidus (Template:Lang-grc-gre, also Πολύειδος or Πολυείδης; fl. c. 400 BC) was an ancient Greek dithyrambic poet who was also skillful as a painter; he seems to have been esteemed almost as highly as Timotheus of Miletus. One of his pupils, Philotas, once defeated Timotheus in competition. According to Plutarch (De Mm. 21, p. 1138, b.), Polyidus outdid Timotheus in those intricate variations, for the introduction of which the musicians of this period are so frequently attacked by contemporaries.

In Poetics 17, Aristotle mentions the example of "Polyidus the Sophist" in bringing the action vividly before the hearer. The example is drawn from the myth of Orestes: "On his coming he was arrested, and about to be sacrificed, when he revealed who he was—either as Euripides puts it, or (as suggested by Polyidus) by the not improbable exclamation, ’So I too am doomed to be sacrificed, as my sister was’".

References

William Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 466

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-'''Polyeidos''' ({{lang-grc-gre|Πολύϊδος}}, also Πολύειδος or Πολυείδης; fl. c. 400 BC) was an [[ancient Greek]] [[dithyramb]]ic poet who was also skillful as a [[Painting|painter]]; he seems to have been esteemed almost as highly as [[Timotheus of Miletus]]. One of his pupils, Philotas, once defeated Timotheus in competition. According to [[Plutarch]] (De Mm. 21, p.&nbsp;1138, b.), Polyeidos outdid Timotheus in those intricate variations, for the introduction of which the [[musician]]s of this period are so frequently attacked by contemporaries.
+'''Polyidus''' ({{lang-grc-gre|Πολύϊδος}}, also Πολύειδος or Πολυείδης; fl. c. 400 BC) was an [[ancient Greek]] [[dithyramb]]ic poet who was also skillful as a [[Painting|painter]]; he seems to have been esteemed almost as highly as [[Timotheus of Miletus]]. One of his pupils, Philotas, once defeated Timotheus in competition. According to [[Plutarch]] (De Mm. 21, p.&nbsp;1138, b.), Polyidus outdid Timotheus in those intricate variations, for the introduction of which the [[musician]]s of this period are so frequently attacked by contemporaries.
-In ''[[Poetics (Aristotle)|Poetics]]'' 17, [[Aristotle]] mentions the example of "Polyeidos the Sophist" in bringing the action vividly before the hearer. The example is drawn from the myth of [[Orestes]]:  "On his coming he was arrested, and about to be sacrificed, when he revealed who he was&mdash;either as [[Euripides]] puts it, or (as suggested by Polyeidos) by the not improbable exclamation, ’So I too am doomed to be sacrificed, as my sister was’".
+In ''[[Poetics (Aristotle)|Poetics]]'' 17, [[Aristotle]] mentions the example of "Polyidus the Sophist" in bringing the action vividly before the hearer. The example is drawn from the myth of [[Orestes]]:  "On his coming he was arrested, and about to be sacrificed, when he revealed who he was&mdash;either as [[Euripides]] puts it, or (as suggested by Polyidus) by the not improbable exclamation, ’So I too am doomed to be sacrificed, as my sister was’".
 ==References==
 *[http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2800.html William Smith. ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. III, p. 466]
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