Sannyrion ( grc, Σαννυρίων) was an
Athenian comic poet of the late 5th century BC, and a contemporary of
Diocles and
Philyllius, according to the
Suda
The ''Suda'' or ''Souda'' (; grc-x-medieval, Σοῦδα, Soûda; la, Suidae Lexicon) is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas ...
. He belonged to the later years of
Old Comedy and the start of Middle Comedy.
Works
Sannyrion wrote the following works.
* ("Finally")
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* (The title could have been mistaken by Suda; reading a passage of Athenaeus strongly suggests that Suda mistook it for the play by Strattis mentioned above, ().)
[Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Sannyrion"]
In
Aristophanes' , Sannyrion,
Meletus, and
Cinesias are chosen as ambassadors from the poets to the shades below because they are so skinny.
[Athenaeus, '']Deipnosophistae
The ''Deipnosophistae'' is an early 3rd-century AD Greek work ( grc, Δειπνοσοφισταί, ''Deipnosophistaí'', lit. "The Dinner Sophists/Philosophers/Experts") by the Greek author Athenaeus of Naucratis. It is a long work of liter ...
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12.75
Hegelochus
Sannyrion is one of the sources for the story of
Hegelochus, an actor who was lampooned for a slight but comic mispronunciation while appearing in
Euripides' ''
Orestes'' in 408 BC that ruined his career.
References
External links
Public and Performance in the Greek Theatreby Peter D. Arnott
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5th-century BC Athenians
Ancient Greek dramatists and playwrights
5th-century BC writers
Old Comic poets