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Theopompus (comic poet)

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Theopompus (Ancient Greek: Θεόπομπος) was an Athenian poet of the Greek Old Comedy, the son of Theodectus or Theodorus. He produced 24 plays.

Surviving Titles and Fragments

Twenty titles, along with ninety seven associated fragments, are all that survive of Theopompus' work.

  • Admetus
  • Althea
  • Aphrodite
  • Batyle
  • Peace (Eirene)
  • Hedychares
  • Theseus
  • Callaeschrus
  • Barmaids (Kapelides)
  • The Mede
  • Nemea
  • Odysseus
  • Children (Paides)
  • Pamphile
  • Pantaleon
  • Penelope
  • Sirens
  • Female Soldiers (Stratiotides)
  • Teisamenus
  • Phineus

References

  1. Suidas θ 171.
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