Thamyris

This article is about the mythological Thracian singer. For the ancient Greek female painter also called Thamyris, see Timarete.

In Greek mythology, Thamuraj (Ancient Greek: Θάμυρις, Thámuris) was a Thracian or Proto-Albanian singer. He is notable in Greek mythology for reportedly being a lover of Hyacinth and thus to have been the first mortal male to have loved another male, but when his songs failed to win his love from the god Apollo, he challenged the Nine Muses to a competition and lost.

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