Sositheos

Sositheos (Greek Σωσίθεος Sōsítheos ) was a Greek tragic poet . He lived in the first half of the 3rd century BC. Its origin is not exactly known ( Syracuse , Athens or Alexandria Troas ). He belonged to the Pleias and was a rival of Homero of Byzantium .

Sositheos is considered to be the restorer of the satyr game . Only sparse fragments of his dramas have survived. The best known of the satyr games is Daphnis or Lityerses ; the main characters are the king Lityerses, the shepherd Daphnis and the hero Heracles , who overcomes and beheads the evil king.

expenditure

Bruno Snell (Ed.): Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta (TrGF). Volume 1. 2., revised edition, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1986, ISBN 3-525-25725-2 , pp. 269-273 (critical edition)

literature

Timo Günther: Sositheos. In: Ralf Krumeich et al. (Ed.): The Greek Satyr Game. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1999, ISBN 3-534-14593-3 , pp. 602-604
Rebecca Lämmle: Sositheos. 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. 938-943

personal data
SURNAME	Sositheos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek tragedian
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	3rd century BC Chr.