Panyassis

Panyassis
Πανύασις
Bust of Panyassis.
Bust of Panyassis.
Born5th century BC
Halicarnassus, Caria, Asia Minor, Persian Empire
(modern-day Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey)
Died454 BC
Halicarnassus
Cause of deathExecuted
OccupationPoet
Notable work
  • Heracleia
  • Ionica
RelativesHerodotus (nephew or cousin)

Panyassis of Halicarnassus, sometimes known as Panyasis (Ancient Greek: Πανύασις), was a 5th-century BC Greek epic poet from Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey).