Dionysiades ( grc, Διονυσιάδης) of
Tarsus was an
ancient Greek
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tragic poet who lived in the time of
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...
(second half of the 4th century BC). According to
Strabo
Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...
, he was the best of the tragic poets included in the so-called
Alexandrian Pleiad The Alexandrian Pleiad is the name given to a group of seven Alexandrian poets and tragedians in the 3rd century BC (Alexandria was at that time the literary center of the Mediterranean) working in the court of Ptolemy II Philadelphus. The name de ...
.
It is not certain whether he is identical with Dionysiades of
Mallus
Mallus may refer to:
*Mallus (Cilicia), an ancient city in Cilicia, Anatolia
* Mallus (Pisidia), an ancient city in Pisidia, Anatolia
* Mallus (''Legends of Tomorrow''), a mysterious entity in the American superhero television series
* Marco Mallu ...
in
Cilicia
Cilicia (); el, Κιλικία, ''Kilikía''; Middle Persian: ''klkyʾy'' (''Klikiyā''); Parthian: ''kylkyʾ'' (''Kilikiyā''); tr, Kilikya). is a geographical region in southern Anatolia in Turkey, extending inland from the northeastern coa ...
, also a tragic poet, who wrote a work entitled ''Styles or Lovers of Comedy'' ( grc, Χαρακτῆρες ἢ Φιλοκωμῳδοί), "in which he describes (ἀπαγγέλλει) the styles of
omicpoets". This work was perhaps the first attempt to distinguish and define the styles of
Attic comic poets.
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 ...
mention that Dionysiades of Mallus was a member of the Pleiad and his father was named Phylarchides.
Suda, delta, 1169
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