Timocles
Timocles (Ancient Greek: Τιμοκλῆς, fl. c. 345 BC – c. 317 BC) was one of the last Athenian comic poets of the Middle Comedy,[1] although Pollux listed him among the writers of New Comedy.[2] He is known to have won first prize at the Lenaea once, between 330 and 320 BC.[3] The Suda claims that there were two comic poets of this name,[4] but modern scholars equate the two.[5] Unlike most Middle Comedy plays, his works featured a good deal of personal ridicule of public figures, especially orators like Demosthenes and Hyperides.
At least 26, and possibly 28, titles of Timocles' works survive.[1]
- Egyptians
- The Bath-House
- The Farmer
- The Ring
- Delos, or the Man from Delos
- Public Satyrs
- Woman Celebrating the Dionysia
- Dionysus
- Little Dragon
- Letters
- Rejoicing at Another's Misfortune
- Heroes
- Icarians, or Satyrs
- Men from Caunos
- The Centaur, or Dexamenus
- Conisalus
- Forgetfulness
- Men From Marathon
- Neaira
- Orestautocleides
- The Busybody
- The Man from Pontus
- Porphyra
- The Boxer
- Sappho
- Co-Workers
- Philodicastes
- The False-Robbers
References
[edit]- ^ a b Constantinides 1969, p. 49.
- ^ Pollux 10.154
- ^ OCD.
- ^ Suda τ 623, 624
- ^ Constantinides 1969, p. 50.
Works cited
[edit]- Constantinides, Elizabeth (1969). "Timocles' Ikarioi Satyroi: A Reconsideration". Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. 100: 49–61. doi:10.2307/2935900. JSTOR 2935900.
- Dover, K. J. "Timocles". Oxford Classical Dictionary (4th ed.).
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