Posidippus of Cassandreia (Greek: Ποσείδιππος ὁ Κασσανδρεύς, Poseidippos ho Kassandreus; 316 – c. 250 BC) was a Greek comic poet of the New Comedy. He...
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Ancient Greek comedy (redirect from Comic poets)
Middle Comic plays have been preserved, it is impossible to offer any real assessment of their literary value or "genius". But many Middle Comic plays...
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Poetry Plato – Philosophy Plutarch – History, Biography, Philosophy Posidippus (comic poet) – Comedy Protagoras – Philosophy Sappho of Lesbos – Lyric Poetry...
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of individuals from classical antiquity, including: Poseidippus or Posidippus (comic poet), c. 316–250 BC, a celebrated poet of the New Comedy at Athens...
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sculptor Polyperchon – Macedonian regent Porphyry – philosopher Posidippus – comic poet Posidippus – epigrammatic poet Posidonius – philosopher Pratinas – playwright...
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However, this episode probably never happened. It was not mentioned in Posidippus' version of the trial in his comedy Ephesian Woman, quoted by Athenaeus...
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translation of Posidippus' poem is on p. 31 of Frank Nisetich (2005). "The poems of Posidippus". In Gutzwiller (ed.). The New Posidippus. pp. 17–66. Aelian...
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Horse race Olympic Victors as recorded in recent discovered epigrams of Posidippus of Pella (c. 3rd century BC) Ptolemy I Soter Ptolemy II Philadelphus Arsinoe...
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responses to the visibility of captives as early as the Punic Wars, when the comic playwright Plautus wrote the Captivi ("Captives", ca. 200 BC). The cultural...
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