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Hyagnis (mythology)

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Hyagnis (Ancient Greek: Ὑάγνις or Ἄγνις) was a mythical musician from Phrygia who was considered to be the inventor of the aulos.[1] Hyagnis was also one of the three mythical Phrygian musicians (along with Marsyas and Olympus) to whom the Ancient Greeks attributed the invention of the Phrygian mode in music.[2] He was called the "divine" father of Marsyas[3] probably by Olympus[4] or Oeagrus.[5]

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  1. ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 41.374
  2. ^ Anthi Dipla:2001
  3. ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 10.233
  4. ^ Apollodorus, 1.4.2
  5. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 165

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