Anaxandrides

Anaxandrides was an ancient Greek comedy poet who is classified as medium comedy. It came from Kamiros or Colophon . He achieved the first of his ten comedy victories in 376 BC. Between 382 and 347 performances of 65 of his pieces are documented. In 348 he took part in the festival of the Macedonian King Philip II.

Only the titles of his pieces have survived, 42 in total. The fragments show that there were also political allusions, and the Suda is evidence of love stories.

literature

Christian Orth: Anaxandrides. In: Bernhard Zimmermann , Antonios Rengakos (Hrsg.): Handbook of the Greek literature of antiquity. Volume 2: The Literature of the Classical and Hellenistic Period. CH Beck, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-406-61818-5 , pp. 1001-1004
Georg Kaibel : Anaxandrides 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2078 f. (outdated).

personal data
SURNAME	Anaxandrides
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek comedy poet
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century BC Chr.
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kamiros or Colophon
DATE OF DEATH	4th century BC Chr.