'Phrynichus' (Greek: ) may refer to several figures of ancient Greece:

★ There are two dramatic poets named Phrynicus whose plays only survive in fragments:

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★ 'Phrynichus (tragic poet)', a pioneer of Greek tragedy who flourished in the late 6th and early 5th centuries BC, most famous for ''The Fall of Miletus''

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★ 'Phrynichus (comic poet)', a writer of old Attic comedy who flourished in the late 5th century BC

★ 'Phrynicus' was an Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War. He took a leading part in establishing the oligarchy of the Four Hundred at Athens in 411 BC and was assassinated in the same year^[1].

★ 'Phrynichus Arabius' was a grammarian and rhetorician of the 2nd century AD.
'''Phrynichus''' is also the name of a genus in the Amblypygi, an order of arachnids.

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