Lasus of Hermione

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Lasus of Hermione was an ancient Greek lyric poet and music theorist, noted for his innovations in dithyrambic poetry and influence on later poets such as Pindar.

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instanceOf ancient Greek poet
dithyrambic poet
lyric poet
music theorist
countryOfCitizenship Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity
describedBySource Plutarch
Suda
scholia on Pindar
employer court of Hipparchus of Athens
ethnicGroup Greek
fieldOfWork music theory
poetry
floruit 6th century BCE
genre dithyramb
lyric poetry
influenced Pindar
knownFor reforming the dithyramb
technical innovations in choral lyric
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Argolis
nativeLanguage Ancient Greek
notableIdea refinement of musical and poetic form in dithyramb
notableWork innovations in dithyrambic poetry
occupation music theorist
poet
partOf classical Greek lyric tradition
placeOfBirth Hermione
residence Athens
sexOrGender male

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Pindar studentOf Lasus of Hermione