Antigenidas

Antigenidās, ae, m., u. -idēs, ae, m. (Ἀντιγενίδης), Name zweier berühmter Flötenbläser, der eine ein Thebaner, Sohn des Satyrus, lebte um 440 v. Chr., der andere Sohn des Dionysius, um 338 v. Chr., oft miteinander verwechselt, Cic. Brut. 187. Val. Max. 3, 7. ext. 2. Plin. 16, 170 (Akk. -den). Gell. 15, 17, 1 (Akk. -dam).

Antĭgĕnĭdās, æ, m. , célèbre musicien : Cic. Br. 187.

Antige'nidas

(Ἀντιγενίδας), a Theban, the son of Satyrus or Dionysius, was a celebrated flute-player, and also a poet. He lived in the time of Alexander the Great. (Suidas and Harpocrat. s.v. Plut. de Alex. fort. p. 355a., de Music. p. 1138a.; Cic. Brut. 50; Bode, Gesch. d. lyrisch. Dichtkunst d. Hellenen, ii. p. 321, &c.) His two daughters, Melo and Satyra, who followed the profession of their father, are mentioned in an epigram in the Greek Anthology. (5.206.)