Theopompus (comic poet)

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Theopompus (Ancient Greek: Θεόπομπος) was an Athenian poet of the Greek Old Comedy, the son of Theodectus or Theodorus. He produced 24 plays. [1]

Old Comedy (archaia) is the first period of the ancient Greek comedy, according to the canonical division by the Alexandrian grammarians. The most important Old Comic playwright is Aristophanes – whose works, with their daring political commentary and abundance of sexual innuendo, effectively define the genre today.

Surviving Titles and Fragments

Twenty titles, along with ninety seven associated fragments, are all that survive of Theopompus' work.

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References

  1. Suidas θ 171.