Phrynichus

Phrynichus (Greek: Φρύνιχος) may refer to:

• Phrynichus, a genus in the Amblypygi, an order of arachnids

People

• There are two dramatic poets named Phrynicus whose plays only survive in fragments:
  • Phrynichus (tragic poet), a pioneer of Greek tragedy, most famous for The Fall of Miletus
  • Phrynichus (comic poet), a writer of old Attic comedy who flourished in the late 5th century BC
• Phrynicus, an Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War. He took a leading part in establishing the oligarchy of the Four Hundred at Athens in 411 BC and was assassinated in the same year
• Phrynichus Arabius, a grammarian and rhetorician of the 2nd century AD