Antiphanes (

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: Ἀντιφάνης; c. 408 to 334 BCE) was a playwright of Middle Comedy. According to Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, he is regarded as one of the most important writers of Middle Comedy alongside Alexis. Antiphanes was said to have written as many as 365 comedies, and 140 titles of his works are known. His first play was produced about 385 BC. According to the

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, he won 13 victories in dramatic competitions, including 8 at the Lenaea. In his later career he was a pioneer of the

New Comedy Ancient Greek comedy () was one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece; the others being tragedy and the satyr play. Greek comedy was distinguished from tragedy by its happy endings and use of comically ...

Demetrius of Phalerum Demetrius of Phalerum (also Demetrius of Phaleron or Demetrius Phalereus; ; c. 350 – c. 280 BC) was an Athenian orator originally from Phalerum, an ancient port of Athens. A student of Theophrastus, and perhaps of Aristotle, he was one of the ...

and Dorotheus of Ascalon wrote treatises on Antiphanes. According to the ''

'', Antiphanes died after being struck by a

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. His son, Stephanus, was also a comic writer.

Surviving titles and fragments

* ''Adelphai'' ("Sisters") * ''Adonis'' * ''Agroikos'' ("The Country-Dweller") * ''Akestria'' * ''Akontizomene'' ("Woman Shot With an Arrow") * ''Aleiptria'' ("The Female Oiler, or Masseuse") * ''Alkestis'' (" Alcestis") * ''Antaios'' ("

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") * ''Anteia'' * ''Anasozomenoi'' ("The Rescued Men") * ''Aphrodites Gonai'' ("Aphrodite's Birth" ) * ''Archestrate'' * ''Archon'' * ''Argyriou Aphanismos'' ("Disappearance of Money") * ''Arkas'' ("Man from Arcadia") * ''Arpazomene'' ("The Seized, or Captured, Woman") * ''Asklepios'' ("

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") * ''Asotoi'' ("Debauched Men") * ''Auletes'' ("Male Flute-Player") * ''Auletris'' ("Female Flute-Player"), or ''Didymai'' ("Twin Sisters") * ''Autou Eron'' * ''Bakchai'' ("Bacchae") * ''Batalos'' * ''Boiotis'' ("The Woman From

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") * ''Bombylios'' * ''Bousiris'' (" Busiris") * ''Boutalion'' * ''Byzantios'' ("The Man From

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") * ''Cyclops'' * ''Chrysis'' * ''Gamos'' ("Marriage") * ''Ganymedes'' (" Ganymede") * ''Glaukos'' ("

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") * ''Gorgythos'' * ''Diplasia'' ("Female Double") * ''Dodonis'' ("The Woman From

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") * ''Drapetagogos'' ("Catcher of Runaway Slaves") * ''Dyserotes'' ("People With Disastrous Love-Lives") * ''Dyspratos'' ("The Hard-To-Sell Slave") * ''Ephesia'' ("The Woman From

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") * ''Epidaurios'' ("The Man From

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") * ''Epikleros'' ("The Heiress") * ''Euploia'' ("A Pleasant Voyage") * ''Euthydikos'' * ''Halieuomene'' ("Woman Caught Like A Fish") * ''Heniochos'' ("The Charioteer") * ''Hippeis'' ("Knights") * ''Homoioi'' ("People Who Resemble Each Other") * ''Homonymoi'' ("People With The Same Name") * ''Homopatrioi'' ("People With The Same Father") * ''Hydria'' ("The Water-Pitcher") * ''Hypnos'' ("Sleep") * ''Iatros'' ("The Physician") * ''Kaineus'' (" Caeneus") * ''Kares'' ("Men From

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") * ''Karine'' ("The Woman From

") * ''Kepouros'' ("The Gardener") * ''Kitharistes'' ("The Harpist") * ''Kitharodos'' ("The Citharode") * ''Kleophanes'' * ''Knapheus'' ("The Fuller") * ''Knoithideus'', or ''Gastron'' ("Glutton") * ''Korinthia'' ("The Woman From

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") * ''Koroplathos'' ("Modeller of Clay Figures") * ''Korykos'' * ''Kouris'' ("The Female Hair-Dresser") * ''Kybeutai'' ("Dice-Players") * ''Lampas'' ("The Torch") * ''Lampon'' * ''Lemniai'' ("Women From

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") * ''Leonides'' * ''Leptiniskos'' * ''Leukadios'' ("The Man From Leucas") * ''Lydos'' ("The Man From

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") * ''Medeia'' ("

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") * ''Melanion'' * ''Meleagros'' ("

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") * ''Melitta'' ("The Bee") * ''Metoikos'' ("Resident Alien") * ''Metragyrtes'' ("Beggar-Priest of

Cybele Cybele ( ; Phrygian: ''Matar Kubileya, Kubeleya'' "Kubeleya Mother", perhaps "Mountain Mother"; Lydian: ''Kuvava''; ''Kybélē'', ''Kybēbē'', ''Kybelis'') is an Anatolian mother goddess; she may have a possible forerunner in the earliest ...

") * ''Metrophon'' * ''Midon'' * ''Minos'' ("

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") * ''Misoponeros'' ("Hater of Wickedness") * ''Mnemata'' ("The Tombs") * ''Moichoi'' ("Adulterers") * ''Mylon'' ("The Mill") * ''Mystis'' ("Woman Initiated Into the Mysteries") * ''Obrimos'' * ''Oinomaos'', or ''Pelops'' * ''Oionistes'' ("The Omen-Reader") * ''Omphale'' ("

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") * ''Orpheus'' ("

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") * ''Paiderastes'' ("The Pederast") * ''Parasitos'' ("The Parasite") * ''Paroimiai'' ("Proverbs") * ''Phaon'' (" Phaon") * ''Philetairos'' (" Philetaerus") * ''Philoktetes'' ("

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") * ''Philometor'' ("Mother-Lover") * ''Philopator'' ("Father-Lover") * ''Philotis'' * ''Phrearrhios'' * ''Plousioi'' ("Rich Men") * ''Poiesis'' ("Poetry") * ''Pontikos'' ("Man From Pontus") * ''Probateus'' ("The Sheep-Rancher") * ''Problema'' ("Problem," or "Riddle") * ''Progonoi'' ("Ancestors") * ''Pyraunos'' * ''Sappho'' * ''Skleriai'' ("Difficulties," or "Hardships") * ''Skythai'' ("Scythians"), or ''Tauroi'' ("Bulls") * ''Stratiotes'' ("The Soldier"), or ''Tychon'' * ''Thamyras'' * ''Theogony'' * ''Timon'' * ''Traumatias'' ("The Wounded Man") * ''Tritagonistes'' * ''Tyrrhenus'' * ''Zakynthios'' ("The Man From

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") * ''Zographos'' ("The Painter")

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Antiphanes 400s BC births 334 BC deaths Ancient Athenian dramatists and playwrights 4th-century BC Athenians Middle Comic poets 4th-century BC Greek poets