Metagenes (Ancient Greek: Μεταγένης) was an Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy, contemporary with Aristophanes, Phrynichus, and Plato.[1] The Suda gives the following titles of his plays: Αὖραι, Μαμμάκυθος, Θουριοπέρσαι, Φιλοθύτης, Ὅμηρος ἢ Ἀσκηταί, some of which appear to be corrupt.[2][3][4]
References edit
- ^ Scholiast on Aristophanes Av. 1297
- ^ August Meineke, Trag. Coin. Graec. vol. i. pp. 218-221, vol. ii. pp. 751-760
- ^ Theodor Bergk, Com. Att. Ant. Reliq. p. 421
- ^ Johann Albert Fabricius, Bibliotheca Graeca vol. ii. p. 470
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, Philip (1870). "Metagenes". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. p. 1054.