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
The satyr play is a form of Attic theatre performance related to both comedy and trag ...
, although Pollux listed him among the writers of New Comedy. He is known to have won first prize at the
Lenaea 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 (; ; ; 384 – 12 October 322 BC) was a Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide insight into the politics and cu ...
and
Hyperides
Hypereides or Hyperides (, ''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 of the ten Attic orators incl ...
.
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 (hetaera), Neaira''
* ''Orestautocleides''
* ''The Busybody''
* ''The Man from Pontus''
* ''Porphyra''
* ''The Boxer''
* ''Sappho''
* ''Co-Workers''
* ''Philodicastes''
* ''The False-Robbers''
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Ancient Athenian dramatists and playwrights
4th-century BC Greek poets
Middle Comic poets
Greek male poets
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