Σώφιλος

Sophilos, Sophilus

Translated by David Whitehead25 Apr 2003Vetting: high6 revisions

1 note · 29 words
A Sikyonian or a Theban; a comic poet of Middle Comedy. His plays [are] Kithara-player, Phylarch, Tyndareos or Leda, Woman from Delos, according to Athenaeus,1 and Glove and Deposit.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σώφιλος, Σικυώνιος ἢ Θηβαῖος, κωμικὸς τῆς μέσης κωμῳδίας. δράματα αὐτοῦ Κιθαρῳδός, Φύλαρχος, Τυνδάρεως ἢ Λήδα, καὶ Δηλία. ὥς φησιν Ἀθήναιος, καὶ Χειρίδιον καὶ Παραθήκη.

Betacode
*sw/filos, *sikuw/nios h)\ *qhbai=os, kwmiko\s th=s me/shs kwmw|di/as. dra/mata au)tou= *kiqarw|do/s, *fu/larxos, *tunda/rews h)\ *lh/da, kai\ *dhli/a. w(/s fhsin *)aqh/naios, kai\ *xeiri/dion kai\ *paraqh/kh.

Notes (1)

  1. C4 BCE; OCD4 s.v. Sophilus (where K.J. Dover points out that, whatever his city of origin, he competed in Athens); Kassel-Austin, PCG 7.594-599.
  2. 1Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.100A [3.56 Kaibel], 10.431A [10.37], 14.640D [14.46]. ↩

Neighbouring entries

σ879ΣωφάνηςSophanesσ880ΣώφαξSophaxσ881ΣώφιλοςSophilos, Sophilusσ882Σωφρονεῖνto be prudentσ883Σωφρονεῖςyou are being prudent
Revision history6 revisions · last 15 Jan 2015
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
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  5. more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. set status — Catharine Roth
  7. Translated — David Whitehead

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