Cleophon ( Greek: , ''Kleophōn'') was an Athenian tragic poet. The titles of ten of his plays are given by the

Suda 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 ...

: ''Acteon'', ''Amphiaraos'', ''Achilles'', ''The Bacchantes'', ''Dexamenus'', ''Erigone'', ''Thyestes'', ''Leucippus'', ''Persis'', and ''Telephus''. None of these plays are extant today. As six of these titles are also listed by the Suda as works by

Iophon Iophon ( grc-gre, Ἰοφῶν, fl. 428 BC – 405 BC) was a Greek tragic poet and son of Sophocles. Iophon gained the second prize in tragic competition in 428 BC, Euripides being first, and Ion third. He must have been alive in 405 BC, the ...

, this may be a corruption of "Iophon". He is referred to by

Aristotle Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of phil ...

in ''

Poetics Poetics is the theory of structure, form, and discourse within literature, and, in particular, within poetry. History The term ''poetics'' derives from the Ancient Greek ποιητικός ''poietikos'' "pertaining to poetry"; also "creative" an ...

'' and ''

Rhetoric Rhetoric () is the art of persuasion, which along with grammar and logic (or dialectic), is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. Rhetoric aims to study the techniques writers or speakers utilize to inform, persuade, or motivate parti ...

'', who notes his prosaic style and lack of idealism.

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4th-century BC Athenians Ancient Greek dramatists and playwrights 4th-century BC writers Tragic poets Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{AncientGreece-poet-stub