Araros ( grc, Ἀραρώς), son of
Aristophanes
Aristophanes (; grc, Ἀριστοφάνης, ; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme
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, born in 387 BCE, was an Athenian comic poet of the
Middle Comedy
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. His brothers Philippus and
Nicostratus were also comic poets. Aristophanes first introduced him to public notice as the principal actor (
hypocrites
Hypocrisy is the practice of engaging in the same behavior or activity for which one criticizes another or the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform. In moral psychology, it is the ...
) in his play ''
Plutus
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Plutus (; grc-gre, Πλοῦτος, Ploûtos, wealth) is the god and the personification of wealth, and the son of the goddess of agriculture Demeter and the mortal Iasion.
Family
Plutus is most commonl ...
'' (388 BCE), the last comedy which he exhibited in his own name. Aristophanes wrote two more comedies, ''Cocalus'' and ''Aeolosikon'', which were brought out in the name of Araros, probably very soon after the above date. Araros first exhibited in his own name in 375.
Suidas
The ''Suda'' or ''Souda'' (; grc-x-medieval, Σοῦδα, Soûda; la, Suidae Lexicon) is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas ...
mentions the following as his comedies:
*''
Adonis
In Greek mythology, Adonis, ; derived from the Canaanite word ''ʼadōn'', meaning "lord". R. S. P. Beekes, ''Etymological Dictionary of Greek'', Brill, 2009, p. 23. was the mortal lover of the goddess Aphrodite.
One day, Adonis was gored by ...
'' (erotic subject)
*''Kaineus'', after the mythic transgender
Caeneus
In Greek mythology, Caeneus ( ; grc, Καινεύς, Kaineús) was a Lapith hero of Thessaly.
Family
According to Book XII of Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'', he was originally a woman, Caenis (; grc, Καινίς, Kainís), daughter of Atrax.
In ...
(erotic subject)
*''Kampylion'', a name of a fragmentary comedy by
Eubulus Eubulus is the name of:
People:
* Eubulus (banker), 4th century BC Bithynian banker and ruler of Atarneus
* Eubulus (statesman) (c. 405 BC – c. 335 BC), Athenian statesman
* Eubulus (poet) Eubulus ( grc-gre, Εὔβουλος, ''Euboulos'') was ...
, as well.
*''Panos Gonai'', "Birth of
Pan"
*''Parthenidion'', "Small Virgin" (possible erotic subject, as well)
*''
Hymenaios
Hymen ( grc, Ὑμήν), Hymenaios or Hymenaeus, in Hellenistic religion, is a god of marriage ceremonies, inspiring feasts and song. Related to the god's name, a ''hymenaios'' is a genre of Greek lyric poetry sung during the procession of the ...
'', a description of a wedding
All that we know of Araros' dramatic character is contained in the following passage of
Alexis Alexis may refer to:
People Mononym
* Alexis (poet) ( – ), a Greek comic poet
* Alexis (sculptor), an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC
* Alexis (singer) (born 1968), German pop singer
* Alexis (comics) (1946–197 ...
, who, however, was his rival: "I want you to taste some water: I have a big water well inside more frigid than Araros".
[(]Athenaeus
Athenaeus of Naucratis (; grc, Ἀθήναιος ὁ Nαυκρατίτης or Nαυκράτιος, ''Athēnaios Naukratitēs'' or ''Naukratios''; la, Athenaeus Naucratita) was a Greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourishing about the end of th ...
. iii p. 123, e.) Kai gar boulomai hydatos se geusai pragma d' esti moi mega phreatos endon psychroteron Ararotos
References
Ancient Greek actors
Ancient Greek dramatists and playwrights
Middle Comic poets
4th-century BC Athenians
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