Cratinus
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Cratinus (; 519 BC – 422 BC) was an Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy.
Person · Open Library
- Died
- ca. 420 BC
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Cratini veteris comici graeci fragmenta
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- B6 Cratinus fr.208, from The Wineflask
- B2 Cratinus fr.194, from The Wineflask
- B7 Cratinus fr.209, from The Wineflask
- B4 Cratinus fr.199, from The Wineflask
- B3 Cratinus fr.*195, probably from The Wineflask
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Quotes
- “οἷον σοφιστῶν σμῆνος ἀνεδιφήσατε.”
- “νικῷ μὲν ὁ τῇδε πόλει λέγων τὸ λῷστον.”
- “ὑμῶν εἷς μὲν ἕκαστος ἀλώπηξ δωροδοκεῖται.”
- “ὕδωρ δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοις σοφόν.”
- “τὴν μουσικὴν ἀκορέστους ἐπιφέρειν ὀργὰς βροτοῖς σώφροσιν.”
- “μακάριος ἦν ὁ πρὸ τοῦ βίος βροτοῖσινπρὸς τὰ νῦν, ὃν εἶχον ἄνδρεςἀγανόφρονες ἡδυλόγῳ σοφίᾳβροτῶν περισσοκαλεῖς.”
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Life
- Works
- ''Pytine''
- Other plays
- Style
- Standard edition
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Cratinus (; 519 BC – 422 BC) was an Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy.
==Life== Cratinus won prizes for his plays on 27 known occasions, eight times at the City Dionysia, first probably in the mid-to-late 450s BCE (IG II2 2325. 50), and three times at the Lenaia, first probably in the early 430s (IG II2 2325. 121; just before Pherecrates and Hermippus). He was still competing in 423 BC, when his Pytine took the prize at the City Dionysia; he died shortly thereafter, at a very advanced age, about 97 years (test. 3).
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