Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Philammon.
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Philammon
Legendary singer and lyre-player, son of Apollo (by Chione or Leuconoe) — father of Thamyris and founder of the Lernaean Mysteries in some accounts.
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Thamyris
Philammon's son — the Thracian bard who challenges the Muses and loses sight and song; the father's craft turned to hubris.
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Apollo
Philammon's father — the god of music whose mortal son carries the lyre into the generation before Thamyris' contest.
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Chione
In one strand Chione bears Philammon to Apollo the same night Hermes fathers Autolycus — twin divine gifts of song and theft.