Philammon
In Greek mythology, Philammon was the son of Chione and Apollo.[1] Some say his mother was Leuconoe, daughter of Eosphoros,[2] or Philonis, daughter of either Deion[3] or of Eosphoros and Cleoboea.[4] He was an excellent musician, a talent he received from his father. By Argiope, a nymph of Mount Parnassos, he had two children, Eumolpus and Thamyris.[5][6]
Philammon was said to have established the tradition of the hymns celebrating the births of Leto, Artemis and Apollo, written by himself, being performed by choruses of girls at Delphi.[7] He was the second winner of the most ancient singing contest at Delphi, after Chrysothemis and before his son Thamyris.[8] Some ascribe to him the foundation of the Lernaean mysteries.[9] He was also reported to have been among the Argonauts.[10]
References
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses, XI, 317.
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 161
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 200
- ^ Conon, Narrations, 7
- ^ Bibliotheca 1. 3. 3.
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 4. 33. 3
- ^ Pseudo-Plutarch, De Musica, 3
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10. 7. 2
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 37. 2
- ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 23
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