Diocles (comedy poet)
Diocles was a Greek comedy poet . He came from Athens or Phleius and is named by the Suda as a contemporary of Sannyrion and Philyllios . Thus he worked towards the end of the 5th century BC. In Athens and is to be assigned to the Old Comedy. Only five titles and a few, barely revealing fragments of his pieces have survived.
literature
- Georg Kaibel : Diocles 46 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 1, Stuttgart 1903, Col. 796 f.
- 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 , p. 764
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| SURNAME | Diocles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek comedy poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens or Phleius |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr. |