Sophocles (2), son of Ariston and grandson of *Sophocles (1), produced his grandfather's Oedipus at Colonos in 401
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Andrew Brown
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P. J. Finglass
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Kenneth Dover
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Godfrey Louis Barber and Nigel Wilson
Antiquarian writer who went to Egypt and became closely associated with the *Alexandrian school. His works included studies on chronology and Spartan literature and institutions. It is doubtful whether he should be identified with the grammarian Sosibius ὁ λυτικός (‘the solver’), so called because of his ability to deal with Homeric problems.
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Geoffrey Arnott
New Comedy poet (See
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Andrew Brown
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Richard Hunter
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Kenneth Dover
Sotades (1), Athenian comic poet, τῆς μέσης κωμῳδίας (‘of the middle comedy’, see
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Richard Hunter
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Richard Hunter
Epic poet from Libya; the Suidas lists epics on various mythical and historical subjects and an Encomium of *Diocletian.
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Kenneth S. Sacks
Staphylus (2) of *Naucrati (before 150
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Martin Litchfield West
Poet sometimes named as author of the Cypria (see
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P. J. Parsons
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Frank William Walbank and Simon Hornblower
Biographer (see
(FGrH 107)
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Andrew Brown
Mentioned by *Aristotle (Poet. 22) as an example of flat style resulting from the use of commonplace words. *Aristophanes (1) calls him insipid at fr. 158, and the point of Wasps 1313 may be that he relied on stage properties rather than poetic merits.
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P. J. Parsons
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Andrew Brown
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Nicholas Purcell
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Geoffrey Arnott
New Comedy poet (See