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4th-century BC Greek poet of Middle Comedy
Antiphanes
Native name Ἀντιφάνης
Born c. 408 BCE Died 334 BCE (aged c. 74) Occupation Playwright Nationality Ancient Greek Period Middle Comedy Genre Comedy Notable works 365 comedies (140 titles known) Notable awards 13 victories in dramatic competitions, including 8 at the Lenaea Children Stephanus (also a comic writer)
Antiphanes (
Ancient Greek : Ἀντιφάνης; c. 408 to 334 BCE) was a playwright of
Middle Comedy . According to
Heinz-Günther Nesselrath , he is regarded as one of the most important writers of Middle Comedy alongside
Alexis .
[1]
Antiphanes was said to have written as many as 365 comedies, and 140 titles of his works are known.
[1] His first play was produced about 385 BC.
[2] According to the
Suda , he won 13 victories in dramatic competitions, including 8 at the
Lenaea .
[2] In his later career he was a pioneer of the
New Comedy .
[1]
Demetrius of Phalerum and
Dorotheus of Ascalon wrote treatises on Antiphanes.
[1]
His son, Stephanus, was also a comic writer.
[1]
Surviving titles and fragments
Adelphai ("Sisters")
Adonis
Agroikos ("The Country-Dweller")
Akestria
Akontizomene ("Woman Shot With an Arrow")
Aleiptria ("The Female Oiler, or Masseuse")
Alkestis ("
Alcestis ")
Antaios ("
Antaeus ")
Anteia
Anasozomenoi ("The Rescued Men")
Aphrodites Gonai ("Aphrodite's Birth" [
citation needed ] )
Archestrate
Archon
Argyriou Aphanismos ("Disappearance of Money")
Arkas ("Man from
Arcadia ")
Arpazomene ("The Seized, or Captured, Woman")
Asklepios ("
Asclepius ")
Asotoi ("Debauched Men")
Auletes ("Male Flute-Player")
Auletris ("Female Flute-Player"), or Didymai ("Twin Sisters")
Autou Eron
Bakchai ("Bacchae")
Batalos
Boiotis ("The Woman From
Boeotia ")
Bombylios
Bousiris ("
Busiris ")
Boutalion
Byzantios ("The Man From
Byzantium ")
Cyclops
Chrysis
Gamos ("Marriage")
Ganymedes ("
Ganymede ")
Glaukos ("
Glaucus ")
Gorgythos
Diplasia ("Female Double")
Dodonis ("The Woman From
Dodona ")
Drapetagogos ("Catcher of Runaway Slaves")
Dyserotes ("People With Disastrous Love-Lives")
Dyspratos ("The Hard-To-Sell Slave")
Ephesia ("The Woman From
Ephesus ")
Epidaurios ("The Man From
Epidaurus ")
Epikleros ("The Heiress")
Euploia ("A Pleasant Voyage")
Euthydikos
Halieuomene ("Woman Caught Like A Fish")
Heniochos ("The Charioteer")
Hippeis ("Knights")
Homoioi ("People Who Resemble Each Other")
Homonymoi ("People With The Same Name")
Homopatrioi ("People With The Same Father")
Hydria ("The Water-Pitcher")
Hypnos ("Sleep")
Iatros ("The Physician")
Kaineus ("
Caeneus ")
Kares ("Men From
Caria ")
Karine ("The Woman From
Caria ")
Kepouros ("The Gardener")
Kitharistes ("The Harpist")
Kitharodos ("The
Citharode ")
Kleophanes
Knapheus ("The Fuller")
Knoithideus , or Gastron ("Glutton")
Korinthia ("The Woman From
Corinth ")
Koroplathos ("Modeller of Clay Figures")
Korykos
Kouris ("The Female Hair-Dresser")
Kybeutai ("Dice-Players")
Lampas ("The Torch")
Lampon
Lemniai ("Women From
Lemnos ")
Leonides
Leptiniskos
Leukadios ("The Man From
Leucas ")
Lydos ("The Man From
Lydia ")
Medeia ("
Medea ")
Melanion
Meleagros ("
Meleager ")
Melitta ("The Bee")
Metoikos ("Resident Alien")
Metragyrtes ("Beggar-Priest of
Cybele ")
Metrophon
Midon
Minos ("
Minos ")
Misoponeros ("Hater of Wickedness")
Mnemata ("The Tombs")
Moichoi ("Adulterers")
Mylon ("The Mill")
Mystis ("Woman Initiated Into the Mysteries")
Obrimos
Oinomaos , or Pelops
Oionistes ("The Omen-Reader")
Omphale ("
Omphale ")
Orpheus ("
Orpheus ")
Paiderastes ("The Pederast")
Parasitos ("The Parasite")
Paroimiai ("Proverbs")
Phaon ("
Phaon ")
Philetairos ("
Philetaerus ")
Philoktetes ("
Philoctetes ")
Philometor ("Mother-Lover")
Philopator ("Father-Lover")
Philotis
Phrearrhios
Plousioi ("Rich Men")
Poiesis ("Poetry")
Pontikos ("Man From
Pontus ")
Probateus ("The Sheep-Rancher")
Problema ("Problem," or "Riddle")
Progonoi ("Ancestors")
Pyraunos
Sappho
Skleriai ("Difficulties," or "Hardships")
Skythai ("Scythians"), or Tauroi ("Bulls")
Stratiotes ("The Soldier"), or Tychon
Thamyras
Theogony
Timon
Traumatias ("The Wounded Man")
Tritagonistes
Tyrrhenus
Zakynthios ("The Man From
Zakynthos ")
Zographos ("The Painter")
Notes
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