Pherecrates (Greek: Φερεκράτης) was a Greek poet of Athenian Old Comedy, and a rough contemporary of Cratinus, Crates and Aristophanes. He was victorious... 3 KB (434 words) - 04:04, 23 July 2023 |
411 BC) The Frogs (405 BC) Assemblywomen (c. 392 BC) Plutus (388 BC) Pherecrates 420 BC Diocles of Phlius Sannyrion Philyllius, 394 BC Hipparchus Archippus... 7 KB (638 words) - 19:47, 27 April 2024 |
dated to the fifth century BC, in a comedy titled The Miners, written by Pherecrates. The ancient sources provide contradictory accounts on whether the soup... 41 KB (4,845 words) - 15:35, 10 January 2024 |
Euphonius 450 BC – Crates 446 BC – Callias 43? BC - Cratinus 437 BC – Pherecrates 435 BC – Hermippus 427 BC - Unknown; Aristophanes took 2nd place with... 21 KB (2,497 words) - 19:44, 2 February 2024 |
poet who probably flourished about the time of Alexander the Great. Pherecrates (5th century BC), Athenian Old Comedy poet and rough contemporary of... 14 KB (2,018 words) - 03:21, 6 February 2024 |
Lenaia, first probably in the early 430s (IG II2 2325. 121; just before Pherecrates and Hermippus). He was still competing in 423 BC, when his Pytine took... 8 KB (1,050 words) - 17:00, 13 January 2024 |
Hegemon of Thasos Herodas Ion of Chios Iophon Menander Neophron Nicochares Pherecrates Philemon (poet) Phrynichus (comic poet) Phrynichus (tragic poet) Plato... 15 KB (1,137 words) - 00:38, 4 May 2024 |
learned men about the soul. In the subsequent two books, a man named Pherecrates argued for the non-existence of the soul. On the destruction of men (Latin:... 20 KB (2,652 words) - 06:04, 4 May 2024 |
younger than Diagoras of Melos. He was a contemporary of the comic poet Pherecrates. He lived for some time at the court of Archelaus of Macedon, and died... 4 KB (535 words) - 20:52, 4 May 2024 |
Phegus Pheidippides Pheidon Pheidon I Phelloe Pheme Phemius Phereclus Pherecrates Pherecydes of Athens Pherecydes of Leros Pherecydes of Syros Pheres Pherusa... 151 KB (13,173 words) - 02:57, 23 April 2024 |
only fragments survive (fragments 14–22 K-A), and he was considered by Pherecrates to have had a corrupting influence on dithyrambic poetry (fragment 155... 1 KB (178 words) - 15:30, 13 October 2023 |
preserved in the Etymologicum Genuinum; other plays of that name by Pherecrates and Plato Comicus are attested, and it is unclear whether all three are... 4 KB (400 words) - 22:11, 13 February 2024 |
affectations are repeatedly attacked by the comic poets, especially Pherecrates and Aristophanes. Among the innovations which he is said to have made... 5 KB (545 words) - 09:51, 23 February 2024 |