In Greek mythology, Thamyris, son of Philammon, was a Thracian bard who was so vain and proud, he challenged the Muses to a contest. They struck him with blindness.
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... and was a notary of Gothic kings in Italy. At the time of Justinian, he was a Christian and possibly bishop of Croton. In approximately 580, he wrote "De origin ...