Λίνος[ῐ],ὁ ,Linos, a mythical minstrel, Hes. Fr. 192 , Theoc. 24.105 , Apollod. 1.3.2 .
II. as Appellat.,the songorlay of Linos, whether composed by him or upon him;λίνον δ' ὑπὸ καλὸν ἄειδε λεπταλέῃ φωνῇsangthe lay of Linosin accompaniment, Il. 18.570 , cf. Pi. Fr. 139.5 , Hdt. 2.79 , E. HF 348 (lyr.), Ar.Byz. ap. Ath. 14.619c , and v. οἰτόλινος . (In Il. l. c. Zenod. readλίνοςand interpreted it of the string of the instrument, which was orig. made of flax acc. to Sch.)