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thumb|upright=1.5|Base for a statue of Thespis in the Theatre of Dionysus, 2nd century BC. thumb|200px|''Thespis' wagon'', relief of the Giotto's Belltower in [[Florence, Italy, Nino Pisano, 1334–1336]]

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thumb|upright=1.5|Base for a statue of Thespis in the Theatre of Dionysus, 2nd century BC. thumb|200px|''Thespis' wagon'', relief of the Giotto's Belltower in [[Florence, Italy, Nino Pisano, 1334–1336]]

Thespis (; ; fl. 6th century BC) was a stage actor in Ancient Greece. He was born in the ancient city of Icarius (present-day Dionysos, Greece). According to certain Ancient Greek sources and especially Aristotle, he was the first human to appear on stage as an actor playing a character in a play (instead of speaking as himself). In other sources, he is said to have introduced the first principal actor in addition to the chorus. He is often called the "Inventor of Tragedy". His name is the origin of the word "thespian", meaning actor.

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