The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Arion of Corinth ( - fl. 625 BC)
A kitharode in ancient Corinth who lived a the court of the tyrant Periander, said to have invented the dithyramb Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-731?rskey=dPtBui&result=2&q=arion Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arion Relationships: Arion of Corinth was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Apollo (mythology) (-)Arion of Corinth was a son of Neptune / Poseidon (-)
References in Documents:
MS Book of the dean of Christ Church (MacGregor, ed.) 487 Apollo Arion citharizans e Corallio cælatus, una cũmultis stalagmijs circum circa pendentibus. 447 Apollo Arion ] playing on the lyre, carved in coral, with many pendants hanging all around.