Aristagoras (poet)

Aristagoras (Ancient Greek: Ἀρισταγόρας) was a comic writer, possibly from Miletus, whose date is uncertain. He wrote a play whose title is usually translated into English as "Blockhead", "Nincompoop", or "Simpleton" (Μαμμάκυθος)[1][2] that is supposed by some historians to have been an adaptation of the existing play "Breezes" (Αὖραι) by Metagenes.[3] These are listed in some sources as being separate and distinct plays, and some sources seem to indicate they are the same play.[4]

There is generally some confusion with Aristagoras's identity among the fragments we possess of writing that is ostensibly his (or supposed to be his). For his play "Simpleton", several sources attribute this to Platon, and there is some confusion with Metagenes, as above. And there are also some fragments of a play with this title that have no author specified.[1]

References
  1. Storey, Ian C., ed. (2011). Fragments of Old Comedy, Volume I: Alcaeus to Diocles. Loeb Classical Library. 513. Translated by Storey, Ian C. Harvard University Press. pp. 122–123. ISBN 9780674996625. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  2. Edmonds, John Maxwell (1957). The Fragments of Attic Comedy. 1. Brill Publishers. p. 841. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  3. Arnott, W. Geoffrey (2018). "Aristagoras". In Whitmarsh, Tim (ed.). Oxford Classical Dictionary. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.736. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  4. Storey, Ian C., ed. (2011). Fragments of Old Comedy, Volume II. Loeb Classical Library. 2. Translated by Storey, Ian C. Harvard University Press. p. 357. ISBN 9780674996632. Retrieved 2019-09-04.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Aristagoras". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. p. 290.

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