Apollophanes of Athens

Apollophanes of Athens (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλοφάνης ὁ Ἀθηναῖος) was a poet of the old Attic comedy. He appears to have been a contemporary of Strattis, and to have consequently lived about Olympiad 95.[1]

Surviving Titles and Fragments

The editors of the Suda ascribe to him five comedies, viz. Δάλις, Ἰφιγέρων, Κρῆτες, Δανάη and Κένταυροι. Of the former three we still possess a few fragments, but the last two are completely lost.[2][3][4][5][6]

Notes
  1. Harpocration, Lexicon of the Ten Orators, s. v. ἀσελφίρειν
  2. Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae iii. pp. 75, 114, xi. pp. 467, 485
  3. Photios I of Constantinople, Bibliotheca s. v. μνσικάρφης
  4. Claudius Aelianus, Varia Historia 6.51
  5. Photios I of Constantinople, Bibliotheca p. 624
  6. August Meineke, Hist. Crit. Comic. Graec. p. 266, &c.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Apollophanes". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. p. 246.

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