Theopompus (comic poet)
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Theopompus (Ancient Greek: Θεόπομπος) was an Athenian poet of the Greek Old Comedy, the son of Theodectus or Theodorus. He produced 24 plays.Suidas θ 171.


Surviving Titles and Fragments

Twenty titles, along with ninety seven associated fragments, are all that survive of Theopompus' work. * ''Admetus'' * ''Althea'' * ''Aphrodite'' * ''Batyle'' * ''Peace'' (Eirene) * ''Hedychares'' * ''Theseus'' * ''Callaeschrus'' * ''Barmaids'' (Kapelides) * ''The Mede'' * ''Nemea'' * ''Odysseus'' * ''Children'' (Paides) * ''Pamphile'' * ''Pantaleon'' * ''Penelope'' * ''Sirens'' * ''Female Soldiers'' (Stratiotides) * ''Teisamenus'' * ''Phineus''


References

{{authority control Ancient Greek dramatists and playwrights Ancient Greek poets Ancient Athenians Old Comic poets 5th-century BC Athenians