Choirilos of Athens

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Choirilos of Athens was one of the earliest Greek dramatists . He appeared as early as 520 BC. BC as a tragedian and was a contemporary of Pratina , Phrynichus and Aeschylus . He seems to have composed mainly satyr plays that were valued for a long time.

Text output

Remains of his seals are collected by August Nauck : Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta , Leipzig 1856

literature

  • Bernhard Zimmermann : The Attic Tragedy . In: Bernhard Zimmermann (Hrsg.): Handbook of the Greek literature of antiquity , Volume 1: The literature of the archaic and classical times . CH Beck, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-57673-7 , pp. 484-610, here: 557 f.
personal data
SURNAME Choirilos of Athens
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Choerilus; Choirilos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Greek playwright
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.