Stesichorus
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6th-century BC Greek lyric poet
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Stesichorus was a Greek lyric poet native of today's Calabria . He is best known for telling epic stories in lyric metres, and for some ancient traditions about his life, such as his opposition to the tyrant Phalaris, and the blindness he is said to have incurred and cured by composing verses first insulting and then flattering to Helen of Troy.
