Axionicus
Axionicus (Ancient Greek: Ἀξιόνικος) was an Athenian poet of the Middle Comedy period of Ancient Greek comedy. He lived around the middle of the 4th century BCE.[1][2]
Some fragments of the following plays have been preserved by Athenaeus:[3]
- The Etruscan (Τυρρηνός or Τυρρηνικός)
- The Euripides Fan (Φιλευριπίδης)
- Philinna (Φίλιννα)
- The Chalcidean (Χαλκιδικός)
The Euripides Fan was a play that dealt with fans' obsessive devotion to the plays of the late Euripides as a kind of mental disorder.[4]
While he has historically been considered an Athenian, modern scholars question whether he was actually an Athenian citizen, though we know he was certainly active in Athens at least.[1]
References
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- ^ Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, Die attische Mittlere Komödie
- ^ Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 4.175b
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