Anaxippus
Sign in to saveAnaxippus () was an Athenian comic poet of the New Comedy, who was contemporary with Antigonus and Demetrius Poliorcetes, and flourished about 303 BC. We have the titles of four of his plays, and perhaps of one more.
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Place of birth
- Athens
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Movement
- New Comedy
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- Pauly–Wissowa
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
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Anaxippus () was an Athenian comic poet of the New Comedy, who was contemporary with Antigonus and Demetrius Poliorcetes, and flourished about 303 BC. We have the titles of four of his plays, and perhaps of one more.
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