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
[edit]- 1 2 Scharffenberger, Elizabeth (2013). "Axionicus, The Euripides Fan". In Marshall, C. W.; Kovacs, George (eds.). No Laughing Matter: Studies in Athenian Comedy. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 159–173. ISBN 9781472503046. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
- ↑ Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, Die attische Mittlere Komödie
- ↑ Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 4.175b
- ↑ Farmer, Matthew C. (2017). Tragedy on the Comic Stage. Oxford University Press. p. 117. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Mason, Charles Peter (1870). "Axionicus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 448.