A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(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.)