# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phrynichus-q317061
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:11:33.795Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phrynichus-q317061"
name: "Phrynichus"
slug: "phrynichus-q317061"
description: "Phrynichus, son of Polyphradmon and pupil of Thespis, was one of the earliest of the Greek tragedians. Some ancients regarded him as the real founder of tragedy. Phrynichus is said to have died in Sicily. His son Polyphrasmon was also a playwright."
tagline: "Late 6th/early 5th century BC Athenian playwright"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "-535"
deathDate: "-500"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.29849066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%99%AE%E5%BE%8B%E5%B0%BC%E7%A7%91%E5%8F%B8"
    title: "普律尼科司"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%ADnic_(poeta_tr%C3%A0gic)"
    title: "Frínic (poeta tràgic)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%BDnichos"
    title: "Frýnichos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrynichos_(Tragiker)"
    title: "Phrynichos (Tragiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CF%8D%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%82_(%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82_%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%82)"
    title: "Φρύνιχος (τραγικός ποιητής)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrynichus_(tragic_poet)"
    title: "Phrynichus (tragic poet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friniko_(tragikomediisto)"
    title: "Friniko (tragikomediisto)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%ADnico_(tr%C3%A1gico)"
    title: "Frínico (trágico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrynichos"
    title: "Phrynichos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frynikhos_(tragediakirjailija)"
    title: "Frynikhos (tragediakirjailija)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrynichos_le_Tragique"
    title: "Phrynichos le Tragique"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%ADnico_(traxedia)"
    title: "Frínico (traxedia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%BCnikhosz"
    title: "Prünikhosz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrynikhos_(penyair_tragedi)"
    title: "Phrynikhos (penyair tragedi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frinico_(tragediografo)"
    title: "Frinico (tragediografo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrynichus_(tragicus)"
    title: "Phrynichus (tragicus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrynichus_(treurspeldichter)"
    title: "Phrynichus (treurspeldichter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frynich"
    title: "Frynich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%ADnico_(poeta_tr%C3%A1gico)"
    title: "Frínico (poeta trágico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%85_(%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Фриних (трагик)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frinih_(pisac_tragedija)"
    title: "Frinih (pisac tragedija)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Фриних"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frynichos"
    title: "Frynichos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%85"
    title: "Фрініх"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317061"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump