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Pytheas

Victorious athlete from Aegina, honored in a Nemean ode.

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First appearance: victory odes

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In V For Pytheas of Aegina: Victorious boy in the pancration at Nemea, son of Lampon. Later, in V For Phylakidas of Aegina: Brother of…

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LELedaPHPhylakidasMEMelissusZEZeusTAThe AiakidsPYPytheas

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  • Victors, patrons, and mythological figures
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The emotional and psychological peak occurs in the revelation that the flute’s music—celebrated as Midas’s vic…

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