Cornelius Nepos
Plato's Socrates recognizes Lamprus as a great music teacher, although placing him below his own teacher, Connus son of Metrobius ("Menexenus" 236a). Lamprus was also praised by Cornelius Nepos. Pseudo-Plutarch's "De Musica" 1142b "quotes Aristoxenus as including Lamprus among lyric composers who composed good songs." Lamprus, the "most distinguished musician of his day," was a famous composer in Sophocles' day and was considered by some as perhaps the greatest musician of his time.