---
name: Phrynichus the Tragic Poet
name_greek: Φρύνιχος ὁ τραγικός
eul_aid: bjk
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/phrynichus-the-tragic-poet-bjk"
period: Archaic
dialect: Attic Drama
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Phrynichus the Tragic Poet

*Φρύνιχος ὁ τραγικός*

**eul_aid:** `bjk` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/phrynichus-the-tragic-poet-bjk)

Phrynichus, Athenian tragic poet and predecessor to Aeschylus. Surviving fragments of his works. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments on Heracles](https://eulogikon.org/works/phrynichus-heracles-fragments-bjk-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἡρακλέους* · `bjk-aa`

## License and provenance

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