Philyllius

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Name (Latin)
Philyllius
Other forms of name
Philyllios
Φιλύλλιος
Start period
-04
End period
-03
Field of activity
Comedy plays
Occupation
Poets
Associated Language
grc
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q972558
Library of congress: no2016042037
Sources of Information
  • Nikochares-Xenophon, 2015:table of contents (Philillyos (Φιλύλλιος))
  • Brill's new Pauly online, 28 March 2016(Philyllius; Φιλύλλιος; Comic poet from the 5th/4th cents. BC; according to the Suda he was a contemporary of Diocles and Sannyrion. He was victorious at the Lenaean festival and possibly at the Dionysian. Thirty-three fragments and ten titles have survived.)

Wikipedia description:

Philyllius (Ancient Greek: Φιλύλλιος), also called Phillylius, Phlaeus, Philolaus, or Phillydeus, was an ancient Athenian comic poet. He was a contemporary of Diocles and Sannyrion. He belonged to the latter part of the Old Comedy tradition and the beginning of the Middle Comedy tradition. He seems to have attained to some distinction before 392 BC, when the Ecclesiazusae of Aristophanes was performed. All titles of his plays evidently belong to Middle Comedy. He is said to have introduced some scenic innovations, such as bringing lighted torches on the stage. With regard to his language, Augustus Meineke mentions a few words and phrases in his plays, which are not pure Attic.

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