Antiphanes_(comic_poet)

Antiphanes (comic poet)

Antiphanes (comic poet)

4th-century BC Greek poet of Middle Comedy

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther (2006). "Antiphanes [1]". Brill's New Pauly. doi:10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e124990.
  2. [2]
    Dover, Kenneth James (2012). "Antiphanes". Oxford Classical Dictionary (4th ed.).
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