Ἀντιφάνης
Antiphanes
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Translation
Son of Demophanes -- though others [say] of Stephanos -- and, as his mother, Oinoe; a Kian, though some [say] a Smyrnaian, and according to Dionysius a Rhodian; a comic poet of the middle comedy, [born] from slaves as some [say]. He was born in the 93rd Olympiad1 and he wrote 365 comedies, though others [say] 280; he won 13 victories. He had a son Stephanos who was himself a comic poet. He died in Kios when he was 74 years old,2 having by some chance been hit by a pear.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀντιφάνης, Δημοφάνους, οἱ δὲ Στεφάνου καὶ μητρὸς Οἰνόης, Κιανός, ὡς δέ τινες Σμυρναῖος, κατὰ δὲ Διονύσιον Ῥόδιος· κωμικὸς τῆς μέσης κωμῳδίας, ἀπὸ δούλων ὥς τινες. γέγονε δὲ κατὰ τὴν ʹ4γʹ Ὀλυμπιάδα καὶ ἔγραψε κωμῳδίας τξεʹ, οἱ δὲ σπʹ· νίκας δὲ εἷλε ιγʹ. παῖδά τε ἔσχε Στέφανον καὶ αὐτὸν κωμικόν. τελευτᾷ δὲ ἐν Κίῳ οδʹ ἐτῶν ὑπάρχων κατά τινα τύχην ἀπίῳ βληθείς.
Betacode
*)antifa/nhs, *dhmofa/nous, oi( de\ *stefa/nou kai\ mhtro\s *oi)no/hs, *kiano/s, w(s de/ tines *smurnai=os, kata\ de\ *dionu/sion *(ro/dios: kwmiko\s th=s me/shs kwmw|di/as, a)po\ dou/lwn w(/s tines. ge/gone de\ kata\ th\n #4g# *)olumpia/da kai\ e)/graye kwmw|di/as tce#, oi( de\ sp#: ni/kas de\ ei(=le ig#. pai=da/ te e)/sxe *ste/fanon kai\ au)to\n kwmiko/n. teleuta=| de\ e)n *ki/w| od# e)tw=n u(pa/rxwn kata/ tina tu/xhn a)pi/w| blhqei/s.
Notes (3)
- See generally OCD(4) p.108; Kassel-Austin, PCG 2.312ff.↩
- 1408-405. Since one of the plays attributed to him (Kassel/Austin, PCG 2.312ff.) has an allusion to King Seleukos (I), and therefore can hardly be earlier than 306, some scholars have emended this birth-date (which is also found elsewhere) to a much later one. The orthodox solution, however, has been to postulate two comic poets of this name, the earlier one the more significant. For discussion and doxography see M.J. Osborne, Naturalization in Athens, vols.3-4 (Brussels 1983) 77-78. ↩
- 2On orthodox assumptions (see the preceding note), 333-330. ↩
- 3cf. alpha 3197.
Linked from4 entries
- α1138ἌλεξιςAlexisOf Thourioi, [the place] previously called Sybaris; a comic playwright. He produced 245 plays. He was the paternal uncle of Menander the comic playwright. And he had a son, Stephanos, a comic playwright himself.
- α2734ἈντιφάνηςAntiphanesAn Athenian, a comic poet, younger than Panaitios. There is also another Antiphanes, a Carystian, distinct [sc. from the above], who lived in the time of Thespis. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] *)antifa/neios…
- α3194ἌπιαpearsA kind of fruit. Plato said a)pi/ous in Laws. It occurs also in Alexis and in Savages of Pherecrates: "grab the pears before stirring [them] up."
- α3197ἌπιαpearsA kind of fruit. See also under Antiphanes. Elsewhere it is written, that the fruit [is] apia, but apios and apioi [are] the trees.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 25 Jul 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Added italics; cosmetics — Elizabeth Vandiver
- added keywords; restorative and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added notes and bibliography — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict