Scamon of Mytilene explained

Scamon of Mytilene was an ancient Greek historian. He wrote a treatise entitled Greek, Modern (1453-);: Περὶ Εὑρημάτων (alternatively translated as about "discoveries" or "inventions").^{[1] [2] [3]} According to the Suda, Scamon claimed that Actaeus named the Phoenician letters in honor of his daughter Phoenice after she died a virgin.^[3]

Athenaeus, in his work Deipnosophists, wrote that Scamon claimed that the satyric dance known as the Sicinnis was so named from Greek, Modern (1453-);: ἀπὸ τοῦ σείεσθα ("being shaken"), and that its first dancer was Thersippus.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Smith . William . A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology . 1867 . Little, Brown and co. . Boston . 734 . 29 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240529154937/https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/ACL3129.0003.001/742 . 29 May 2024 . English. live.
2. Book: Athenaeus . Deipnosophists . 29 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240223192101/https://topostext.org/work/218#14.28 . 23 Feb 2024 . live.
3. Book: Suda Encyclopedia . 29 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240521091929/https://topostext.org/work/240#phi.787 . 21 May 2024 . live.