Nicophon
Appearance
Nicophon (Greek:
Plays
[edit]- Ἄδωνις, Adonis
- Ἀφροδίτης γοναί, Origins of Aphrodite[3][4][5]
- Ἐ
ξ Ἅδου ἀν ι ὼν , Coming Up from Hades[6] - Πανδώρα, Pandora
- Ἐγχειρογαστορες, Living by their Hands[7]
Σ ε ι ρ ῆνες, Sirens
27 lines of his plays have survived.
References
[edit]- ^ The former is undoubtedly the correct orthography; the Suda is the only authority for the latter. He mentions the name four times, also Nicophron,in the two first of which he calls him Νικοφρῶ
ν ,but every where else, both by him and others, Νικοφῶν is the name given. - ^ Ath. iii. 126, e.
- ^ The Suda, s. v. Νικοφρῶ
ν . - ^ Pollux, x. 156.
- ^ Schol. ad Aristoph. Aves, 82, 1283
- ^ The Suda, s. v. Νικοφρῶ
ν . - ^ Encheirogastores,Cherogastores-Cheir, hand + Gaster, belly
- Meineke, Frag. Poet. Comic, vol. i. p. 256, &c. vol. ii. p. 848, &c. ; *Clinton, F. II. vol. ii. p. 101.) [W. M.G.
Notes
[edit]- Suidas [1][permanent dead link]
- Athenaeus Deipnosophists by Charles Duke Yonge, on the word mystron (spoon), cited by Hippolochus and Nicophon [2]