Molpus

A flutist from the island of Tenedos. He gave perjured evidence against the hero Tenes, being bribed by Tenes' stepmother Philonome. Thereafter, no flute player was ever allowed to set foot inside the temple dedicated to Tenes.

References

Sources

  • Diodorus Siculus v, 83.
  • Plutarch. Quaestiones Graecae, 28.