Metagenes_(poet)

Metagenes (poet)

Metagenes (poet)

Athenian comic poet

For the architect with this name, see Metagenes.

Metagenes (Ancient Greek: Μεταγένης) was an Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy, contemporary with Aristophanes, Phrynichus, and Plato.[1] The Suda gives the following titles of his plays: Αὖραι, Μαμμάκυθος, Θουριοπέρσαι, Φιλοθύτης, Ὅμηρος ἢ Ἀσκηταί, some of which appear to be corrupt.[2][3][4]

References

  1. [1]
    Scholiast on Aristophanes Av. 1297
  2. [2]
    August Meineke, Trag. Coin. Graec. vol. i. pp. 218-221, vol. ii. pp. 751-760
  3. [3]
    Theodor Bergk, Com. Att. Ant. Reliq. p. 421
  4. [4]
    Johann Albert Fabricius, Bibliotheca Graeca vol. ii. p. 470

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, Philip (1870). "Metagenes". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. p. 1054.

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