Σωτάδης

Sotades

Translated by David Whitehead10 Dec 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

7 words

Athenian, a comic poet of Middle Comedy.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σωτάδης, Ἀθηναῖος, κωμικὸς τῆς μέσης κωμῳδίας.

Betacode

*swta/dhs, *)aqhnai=os, kwmiko\s th=s me/shs kwmw|di/as.

Notes

C4 BCE; OCD4 Sotades(1); PCG 7.609-613.

Linked from1 entry

σ871ΣωτάδηςSotadesA Cretan, a Maroneian, possessed by demons, a writer of iambics. He wrote Farces, that is obscene verses, in Ionic dialect; for even these used to be called Ionic Stories. Others who worked in this genre were Alexandros…

Neighbouring entries

σ868ΣωτάδειαSotadeians, Sotadians σ869ΣωτάδαςSotadas σ870ΣωτάδηςSotades σ871ΣωτάδηςSotades σ872ΣωτάδηςSotades

Revision history5 revisions · last 27 Dec 2014

27 Dec 2014Revised — David Whitehead
9 Aug 2014Revised — David Whitehead
31 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
13 May 2004augmented note — David Whitehead
12 May 2004set status — Catharine Roth
10 Dec 2002Translated — David Whitehead