---
name: Damon the Musician
name_greek: Δάμων ὁ Ἀθηναῖος
eul_aid: bzy
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/damon-of-athens-bzy"
period: Classical
dialect: Mixed Dialects (frg)
affiliation: Sophist
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Damon the Musician

*Δάμων ὁ Ἀθηναῖος*

**eul_aid:** `bzy` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/damon-of-athens-bzy)

Damon of Athens was a sophist and music theorist who advised Pericles. Surviving fragments of his writings. Free to download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [On the Customs of Byzantium](https://eulogikon.org/works/damon-athens-customs-byzantium-bzy-aa) — *Ἀπόσπασμα* · `bzy-aa`

## License and provenance

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