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Metagenes ( Ancient Greek: Μεταγένης) was an Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy, contemporary with Aristophanes, Phrynichus, and Plato. [1] The Suda gives the following titles of his plays: Αὖραι, Μαμμάκυθος, Θουριοπέρσαι, Φιλοθύτης, Ὅμηρος ἢ Ἀσκηταί, some of which appear to be corrupt. [2] [3] [4]

References

  1. ^ Scholiast on Aristophanes Av. 1297
  2. ^ August Meineke, Trag. Coin. Graec. vol. i. pp. 218-221, vol. ii. pp. 751-760
  3. ^ Theodor Bergk, Com. Att. Ant. Reliq. p. 421
  4. ^ Johann Albert Fabricius, Bibliotheca Graeca vol. ii. p. 470

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Smith, Philip (1870). "Metagenes". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. p. 1054.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Metagenes ( Ancient Greek: Μεταγένης) was an Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy, contemporary with Aristophanes, Phrynichus, and Plato. [1] The Suda gives the following titles of his plays: Αὖραι, Μαμμάκυθος, Θουριοπέρσαι, Φιλοθύτης, Ὅμηρος ἢ Ἀσκηταί, some of which appear to be corrupt. [2] [3] [4]

References

  1. ^ Scholiast on Aristophanes Av. 1297
  2. ^ August Meineke, Trag. Coin. Graec. vol. i. pp. 218-221, vol. ii. pp. 751-760
  3. ^ Theodor Bergk, Com. Att. Ant. Reliq. p. 421
  4. ^ Johann Albert Fabricius, Bibliotheca Graeca vol. ii. p. 470

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Smith, Philip (1870). "Metagenes". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. p. 1054.


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