What is "stesichorus"

The following description of the birthplace of the monster Geryon, preserved as a quote by the geographer Strabo, is characteristic of the "descriptive fulness" of his style:

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A nineteenth century translation imaginatively fills in the gaps while communicating something of the richness of the language:

Where monster Geryon first beheld the light, Famed Erytheia rises to the sight; Born near th' unfathomed silver springs that gleam 'Mid caverned rocks, and feed Tartessus' stream.

Stesichorus exercised an important influence on the representation of myth in 6th century art and on the development of Athenian dramatic poetry.