Eupolis
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Eupolis (Εὔπολις) was a male writer from Classical Athens, born in Athens in 446 BCE. He wrote in Ancient Greek and was associated with the Old Comedy movement. His notable work includes Hoi Dēmoi tou Eupolē.
He died in the Dardanelles in 411 BCE. Eupolis is described by sources such as the Nordisk familjebok, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Pauly–Wissowa, and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- ca. 446 B.C.
- Died
- 411 B.C.
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Hoi Dēmoi tou Eupolē
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 2
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Eupolis Εὔπολις
- Person.image
- Eupolis.jpg
- Person.caption
- Herma portraying Eupolis recovered in 1988 (current location: National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
- Person.birth_date
- 446 BC
- Person.death_date
- 411 BC (aged 35)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Place of birth
- Athens
- Place of death
- Dardanelles
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Movement
- Old Comedy
- Image
- Eupolis.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0446-01-01
- date of death
- 0411-01-01
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
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- Eupolis
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- name in native language
- Εὔπολις
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Eupolis (; 446 411 BC) was an Athenian poet of the Old Comedy, who flourished during the time of the Peloponnesian War.
==Biography== Very little is known about Eupolis' life. His father was named Sosipolis. There are few sources on when he first appeared on the stage. A short history of Greek Comedy, written by an anonymous writer of antiquity, reported that Eupolis first produced a play in the year when Apollodorus was the Eponymous archon, which would be 430/429 BC. The same source claims Phrynichus also had his debut that year. However, the Chronicon of Eusebius of Caesarea places Eupolis' debut in 428–27 BC and adds that Aristophanes also produced a play that year. This is the version preserved in the Latin translation by Jerome. But the Armenian translation places the event in 427/426 BC.
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