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These are the ancient testimonies about Scythinus of Teos, an obscure poet known only from a handful of later references. Two short notices are collected here: an entry in Stephanus of Byzantium, who lists him under Teos as an iambic poet of that city, and a passage in Diogenes Laertius citing Hieronymus for the report that Scythinus undertook to put the doctrine of Heraclitus into verse.
The testimonies are nearly all that is known of Scythinus' life and work. They establish his home city and his genre, and they record an unusual literary project, a verse rendering of Heraclitus, which helps explain the philosophical character of his surviving fragments.
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