Aristophon (comedy poet)

Aristophon ( Greek Ἀριστοφῶν Aristophṓn ) was a Greek comedy poet from Athens . He was around the middle of the 4th century BC. Active and belongs to the "middle" comedy. His first victory in the Lenaen competition was probably in the 350s.

Eight comedies by Aristophon are known by title: Plato (about the famous philosopher Plato ), Pythagoristes (about a Pythagorean ), Peirithous , Kallonides , Philonides , Babias (a slave), The Doctor and The Twins . Only 15 fragments, some of them extensive, have come down to us, nine of them from Athenaios .

Text output

Rudolf Kassel , Colin Austin (eds.): Poetae Comici Graeci (PCG). Volume 4. De Gruyter, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-11-002405-5 , pp. 1-11

literature

Christian Orth: Aristophon. 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 , p. 1034 f.
Georg Kaibel : Aristophon (7) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 1007 f. (outdated).

Web links

Literature by and about Aristophon in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Aristophon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ἀριστοφῶν
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek comedy poet
DATE OF BIRTH	before 400 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	4th century BC Chr.