Cleophon (poet)

Cleophon (Greek: Kλεoφῶν, Kleophōn) was an Athenian tragic poet[1] who flourished in the 4th century BC. The titles of eleven of his plays are given by the Suda: Acteon, Amphiaraos, Achilles, The Bacchantes, Dexamenus, Erigone, Thyestes, Leucippus, Mandroboulos, Persis, and Telephus.[2] None of these plays are extant today.

He is referred to by Aristotle in Poetics and Rhetoric, who notes his prosaic style and lack of idealism.[3]

References
  1. Hammond, N.G.L; Scullard, H.H (1970). Oxford Classical Dictionary (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 252. ISBN 0198691173.
  2. Suda κ 1730
  3. Aristotle. "Poetics".


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