Apollodorus of
Carystus
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( el, Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Καρύστιος) in
Euboea
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, was one of the most important writers of the Attic
New Comedy
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, who flourished in
Athens
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between 300 and 260 B.C. He is to be distinguished from the older
Apollodorus of Gela (342—290), a contemporary of
Menander who was also a writer of New Comedy. He wrote 47 comedies and obtained the prize five times.
Terence's ''
Hecyra
''Hecyra'' (''The Mother-in-Law'') is a comedic Latin play by the early Roman playwright Terence. The story concerns a young man, Pamphilus, who has a girlfriend, the courtesan Bacchis, but is forced by his father to marry a neighbour's daughte ...
'' and ''
Phormio
Phormio ( el, Φορμίων ''Phormion'', ''gen''.: Φορμίωνος), the son of Asopius, was an Athenian general and admiral before and during the Peloponnesian War. A talented naval commander, Phormio commanded at several famous Athenian v ...
'' were adapted from the ''Hekyra'' and ''Epidikazomenos'' of Apollodorus.
[ Endnote:
Fragments in Koch, ''Comicorum Atticorum Fragmenta'', ii. (1884); see also Meineke, ''Historia Critica Comicorum Graecorum'' (1839).]
Surviving titles and fragments
*''Amphiareus'' ("
Amphiaraus
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")
*''Anteuergeton'' ("Man Who Returns a Kindness")
*''Apokarterountes'' ("People Starving Themselves to Death")
*''Apoleipousa'' ("The Woman Who Leaves")
*''Grammateidiopoios'' ("Maker of Writing Tablets")
*''Diabolos'' ("The Accuser")
*''Hekyra'' ("The Mother-In-Law")
*''Ennea'' ("Nine")
*''Epidikazomenos'' ("The Claimant")
*''Hiereia'' ("The Priestess")
*''Proikizomene'' ("The Woman with a
Dowry
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") or ''Himatiopolis'' ("The Female Clothes-Seller")
*''Sphattomene'' ("The Woman Being Slaughtered")
In addition to these twelve plays, there are nine other titles (and associated fragments) which are only credited to "Apollodorus" by the ancient authorities, without specifying whether they were written by Apollodorus of Carystus or
Apollodorus of Gela. They are as follows:
*''Adelphoi'' ("Brothers")
*''Aphanizomenos'' ("The Disappearing Man")
*''Galatai'' ("The Galatians")
*''Diamartanon'' ("The Man Who Is Failing Utterly")
*''Kitharodos'' ("The
Citharode
A kitharode ( Latinized citharode)
:
( translit. Greek)
* citharode ( Anglicised translit. Latin)
* kitharode ( Anglicised translit. Greek)
:
* citharede (rare)
* citharoede (rare)
:
* citharist (English translation Latin)
* kitharist (English ...
")
*''Lakaina'' ("The Laconian Woman")
*''Paidion'' ("The Little Child")
*''Paralogizomenoi'' ("The Beguiling Men")
*''Synepheboi'' ("People Who Were Adolescents Together")
References
"Apollodorus of Carystus" ''
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
The ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'' (1849, originally published 1844 under a slightly different title) is an encyclopedia/biographical dictionary. Edited by William Smith, the dictionary spans three volumes and 3,700 ...
''.
Ancient Greek dramatists and playwrights
Ancient Euboeans
3rd-century BC Greek people
New Comic poets
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
People from Karystos
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