Pamphos

Pamphos Ancient Greek [undefined] Error: {{Lang}}: no text (help) (Pamphos) is an Athenian poet, and contemporary of Linus of Thrace, inventor of the ialémos.

History

An Athenian poet with sad and melancholy verses, he is considered the first to sing an iaemos on the tomb of Linus. Previous to Homer, he had written a poem about Eros, about the Charites, without mentioning their number or their names, and Zeus after Philostratus and several hymns, including one to Demeter ; he was one of the first to sing the kidnapping of Persephone, in which he speaks of Narcissus, and the journeys of Demeter that followed.

Sources

Pausanias, Description of Greece Books I (21), VII (31, 7) and IX (29-31) Papyrus Larousse Brittanika t.48os, article 48