Scythinus of Teos (; ) was an iambic poet from Teos who turned the work of the philosopher Heraclitus into verse. A considerable fragment, apparently from this work, is preserved by Stobaeus.Eclog. Phys. 1.9.43, p. 264 Two of his epigrams are also preserved in the Greek Anthology.Anth. Pal. XII.22, XII.232
Plutarch also quotes from him twice some verses respecting the lyre,Moralia pp. 402, 705 and Athenaeus quotes from him once.Deipnosophistae Book XI p. 461 Scythinus is also mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium.Ethnica, Τές
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