Apollodorus of
Carystus (
Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Καρύστιος) in
Euboea, was one of the most important writers of the Attic
New Comedy, who flourished in
Athens between 300 and 260 B.C. He is to be distinguished from the older
Apollodorus of Gela (342—290), a contemporary of
Menander who was also a writer of New Comedy. He wrote 47 comedies and obtained the prize five times.
Terence'sHecyra and Phormio were adapted from the Hekyra and Epidikazomenos of Apollodorus.[1]
Apokarterountes ("People Starving Themselves to Death")
Apoleipousa ("The Woman Who Leaves")
Grammateidiopoios ("Maker of Writing Tablets")
Diabolos ("The Accuser")
Hekyra ("The Mother-In-Law")
Ennea ("Nine")
Epidikazomenos ("The Claimant")
Hiereia ("The Priestess")
Proikizomene ("The Woman with a
Dowry") or Himatiopolis ("The Female Clothes-Seller")
Sphattomene ("The Woman Being Slaughtered")
In addition to these twelve plays, there are nine other titles (and associated fragments) which are only credited to "Apollodorus" by the ancient authorities, without specifying whether they were written by Apollodorus of Carystus or
Apollodorus of Gela. They are as follows:
Synepheboi ("People Who Were Adolescents Together")
References
^One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "
Apollodorus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 186. Endnote:
Fragments in Koch, Comicorum Atticorum Fragmenta, ii. (1884); see also Meineke, Historia Critica Comicorum Graecorum (1839).