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Baccheidas

Baccheidas of Sicyon was a dancer and teacher of music, in honor of whom there is an ancient epigram of four lines preserved by the 2nd century CE grammarian Athenaeus. His time is unknown; it is only certain that he lived in or before the 2nd century.

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Baccheidas (Ancient Greek: Βακχείδας) of Sicyon was a dancer and teacher of music, in honor of whom there is an ancient epigram of four lines preserved by the 2nd century CE grammarian Athenaeus.1 His time is unknown; it is only certain that he lived in or before the 2nd century.

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  1. Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae xiv. p. 629a

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Baccheidas". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 450.