Cleophon (poet)
Cleophon (Greek: Kλεoφῶν, Kleophōn) was an Athenian tragic poet.[1] The titles of ten of his plays are given by the Suda: Acteon, Amphiaraos, Achilles, The Bacchantes, Dexamenus, Erigone, Thyestes, Leucippus, Persis, and Telephus.[2] None of these plays are extant today.[1] As six of these titles are also listed by the Suda as works by Iophon, this may be a corruption of "Iophon".[3]
He is referred to by Aristotle in Poetics and Rhetoric, who notes his prosaic style and lack of idealism.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hammond, N.G.L; Scullard, H.H (1970). "Cleophon (2)". Oxford Classical Dictionary (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 252. ISBN 0198691173.
- ^ Suda κ 1730
- ^ Brown, Andrew L. "Cleophon (2)". In Hornblower, Simon; Spawforth, Anthony; Eidinow, Esther (eds.). Oxford Classical Dictionary (4th ed.).
- ^ Aristotle. "Poetics".
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