Panyassis
Πανύασις
Bust of Panyassis.
Born	5th century BC Halicarnassus, Caria, Asia Minor,Persian Empire (modern-dayBodrum, Muğla, Turkey)
Died	454 BC Halicarnassus
Cause of death	Executed
Occupation	Poet
Notable work	Heracleia Ionica
Relatives	Herodotus (nephew or cousin)

Panyassis ofHalicarnassus, sometimes known asPanyasis (Ancient Greek:Πανύασις), was a 5th-century BCGreekepic poet fromHalicarnassus in thePersian Empire (modern-dayBodrum, Turkey).

Panyassis was the son of Polyarchus (Ancient Greek:Πολύαρχος) from Halicarnassus,^[1] but the historianDuris of Samos claimed that Panyasis was the son of Diocles (Ancient Greek:Διοκλῆς) and fromSamos.^[2] In addition, the historianHerodotus was either his nephew or his cousin.^[3] There was also another person of the same name, possibly the grandson of the poet, who wrote a work in two books on dreams.^[4]

In 454 BC, Panyassis was executed for political activities by the tyrant of Halicarnassus and grandson ofArtemisia,Lygdamis ΙΙ (Λύγδαμις), after an unsuccessful uprising against him.^[3]

Panyasis was ranked by theAlexandrian School with the great epic poets.^[4]

TheSuda encyclopedia mentions Panyassis.

Panyassis enjoyed relatively little critical appreciation during his lifetime, but was posthumously recognised as one of the greatest poets ofarchaic Greece. His most famous works are: theHeracleia about the heroHeracles, written in epic hexameter, and theIonica about the histories of theIonian cities of Asia Minor, reportedly written in pentameter. These works are preserved today only in fragments. It is believed that he also wrote other works which have since been lost.^[5]

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