Hyagnis (mythology)

Hyagnis () was a mythical musician from Phrygia who was considered to be the inventor of the aulos.Nonnus, Dionysiaca 41.374 Hyagnis was also one of the three mythical Phrygian musicians (along with Marsyas and Olympus) to whom the Ancient Greeks attributed the invention of the Phrygian mode in music.Anthi Dipla:2001 He was called the "divine" father of MarsyasNonnus, Dionysiaca 10.233 probably by OlympusApollodorus, 1.4.2 or Oeagrus.Hyginus, Fabulae 165

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