Phrynichus

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Phrynichus (Greek: Φρύνιχος) may refer to:

• Phrynichus, a genus in the Amblypygi, an order of arachnids

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• There are two dramatic poets named Phrynicus whose plays only survive in fragments:
• Phrynichus (tragic poet), a pioneer of Greek tragedy, most famous for The Fall of Miletus
• Phrynichus (comic poet), a writer of old Attic comedy who flourished in the late 5th century BC
• Phrynicus, an Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War. He took a leading part in establishing the oligarchy of the Four Hundred at Athens in 411 BC and was assassinated in the same year
• Phrynichus Arabius, a grammarian and rhetorician of the 2nd century AD

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