Timocles (Ancient Greek: Τιμοκλῆς, ) was one of the last Athenian comic poets of the

Middle Comedy Ancient Greek comedy was one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece (the others being tragedy and the satyr play). Athenian comedy is conventionally divided into three periods: Old Comedy, Middle Comedy, an ...

, although Pollux listed him among the writers of New Comedy. He is known to have won first prize at the

Lenaea The Lenaia ( grc, Λήναια) was an annual Athenian festival with a dramatic competition. It was one of the lesser festivals of Athens and Ionia in ancient Greece. The Lenaia took place in Athens in Gamelion, roughly corresponding to January. T ...

once, between 330 and 320 BC. The Suda claims that there were two comic poets of this name,Suda τ 623, 624 but modern scholars equate the two. Unlike most Middle Comedy plays, his works featured a good deal of personal ridicule of public figures, especially orators like

Demosthenes Demosthenes (; el, Δημοσθένης, translit=Dēmosthénēs; ; 384 – 12 October 322 BC) was a Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prow ...

and

Hyperides Hypereides or Hyperides ( grc-gre, Ὑπερείδης, ''Hypereidēs''; c. 390 – 322 BC; English pronunciation with the stress variably on the penultimate or antepenultimate syllable) was an Athenian logographer (speech writer). He was one ...

. At least 26, and possibly 28, titles of Timocles' works survive. * ''Egyptians'' * ''The Bath-House'' * ''The Farmer'' * ''The Ring'' * ''Delos, or the Man from Delos'' * ''Public Satyrs'' * ''Woman Celebrating the Dionysia'' * ''Dionysus'' * ''Little Dragon'' * ''Letters'' * ''Rejoicing at Another's Misfortune'' * ''Heroes'' * ''Icarians, or Satyrs'' * ''Men from Caunos'' * ''The Centaur, or Dexamenus'' * ''Conisalus'' * ''Forgetfulness'' * ''Men From Marathon'' * '' Neaira'' * ''Orestautocleides'' * ''The Busybody'' * ''The Man from Pontus'' * ''Porphyra'' * ''The Boxer'' * ''Sappho'' * ''Co-Workers'' * ''Philodicastes'' * ''The False-Robbers''

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