Philammon
Phĭlammon, ōnis, m., = Φιλάμμων,
- son of Apollo, a celebrated singer, Ov. M. 11, 317; Hyg. Fab. 161.
Philammōn, ōnis, m. (Φιλάμμων), Sohn des Apollo u. der Chione, ein berühmter Sänger, Ov. met. 11, 317. Hyg. fab. 161.
Philammōn, ōnis, m. (Φιλάμμων), fils dʼApollon, célèbre poète et musicien : Ov. M. 11, 317.
Philammon
(Φιλάμμων). A mythical poet and musician of the ante-Homeric period, was said to have been the son of Apollo and the nymph Chioné, or Philonis, or Leuconoë. By the nymph Agriopé, who dwelt on Parnassus, he became the father of Thamyris and Eumolpus. He is closely associated with the worship of Apollo at Delphi and with the music of the cithara. He is said to have established the choruses of girls, who, in the Delphian worship of Apollo, sang hymns in which they celebrated the births of Latona, Artemis, and Apollo. Pausanias relates that, in the most ancient musical contests at Delphi, the first who conquered was Chrysothemis of Crete, the second was Philammon, and the next after him his son Thamyris.
Philammon
Philammon, Argive leader
- defeated and slain by Phlegyans: Paus. 9.36.2
- Paus. 4.33.3
- father of Thamyris by a nymph Argiope: Apollod. 1.3.2
- wins prize for singing at Pythian games: Paus. 10.7.2
- said to have instituted Lernaean mysteries: Paus. 2.37.2ff.