Timocles
Timocles (Greek Τιμοκλῆς Timoklḗs ) from Athens was an ancient Greek comedy poet . He lived in the 4th century BC. And is part of the "middle" comedy. Its activity began perhaps in the 340s; it is certain that he was born in 317 BC. Was still active.
The comedies, 27 of which are known, have only survived in fragments. An inscription indicates that Timocles defeated the poet Menander in one year in the contest on the Lenées .
From Timocles' Dionysiázousai comes a fragment in which a figure speaks of the usefulness of tragedy for character formation, which the audience grows from viewing the suffering of others in the theater. This fragment was often referred to in the Renaissance for the moral legitimation of tragedy.
Editions and translations
- John Maxwell Edmonds (Ed.): The Fragments of Attic Comedy . Volume 2. Brill, Leiden 1959, pp. 600–627 (critical edition with English translation)
- Rudolf Kassel , Colin Austin (eds.): Poetae Comici Graeci (PCG). Volume 7. De Gruyter, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-11-012035-6 , pp. 754-781
literature
- Christian Orth: Timocles. 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. 1042-1046
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Timocles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Attic comedy poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 317 BC Chr. |