4. A Greek writer, the author of a work on Music, in three books, in which he treated of the origin of tragedy and comedy. Sopater availed himself to a considerable extent of this work of Rufus. (Phot. Bibl. 161; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. ii. p. 320.)
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