Editing Antiphanes (comic poet)

{{Short description|4th-century BC Greek poet of Middle Comedy}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Antiphanes
| native_name = Ἀντιφάνης
| birth_date = c. 408 BCE
| death_date = 334 BCE (aged c. 74)
| nationality = Ancient Greek
| occupation = Playwright
| period = Middle Comedy
| genre = Comedy
| notable_works = 365 comedies (140 titles known)
| awards = 13 victories in dramatic competitions, including 8 at the Lenaea
| children = Stephanus (also a comic writer)
}}
'''Antiphanes''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἀντιφάνης; c. 408 to 334 BCE) was a playwright of [[Attic comedy#Middle Comedy (mese)|Middle Comedy]].  According to [[Heinz-Günther Nesselrath]], he is regarded as one of the most important writers of Middle Comedy alongside [[Alexis (poet)|Alexis]].<ref name=BNP>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Brill's New Pauly|entry=Antiphanes [1]|last=Nesselrath|first=Heinz-Günther|year=2006|doi=10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e124990}}</ref>

Antiphanes was said to have written as many as 365 comedies, and 140 titles of his works are known.<ref name=BNP/> His first play was produced about 385 BC.<ref name=OCD>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Oxford Classical Dictionary|entry=Antiphanes|edition=4th|last=Dover|first=Kenneth James|year=2012|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-523}}</ref> According to the [[Suda]], he won 13 victories in dramatic competitions, including 8 at the [[Lenaea]].<ref name=OCD/>  In his later career he was a pioneer of the [[Attic comedy#New Comedy (nea)|New Comedy]].<ref name=BNP/>  [[Demetrius of Phalerum]] and [[Dorotheus of Ascalon]] wrote treatises on Antiphanes.<ref name=BNP/>

According to the ''[[Suda]]'', Antiphanes died after being struck by a [[pear]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suda α 2735 |url=https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/2735 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=www.cs.uky.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Baldi |first=Dino |title=Morti favolose degli antichi |publisher=Quodlibet |year=2010 |isbn=978-8874623372 |pages=50 |language=it}}</ref>

His son, Stephanus, was also a comic writer.<ref name=BNP/>

==Surviving titles and fragments==
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* ''Adelphai'' ("Sisters")
* ''Adonis''
* ''Agroikos'' ("The Country-Dweller")
* ''Akestria''
* ''Akontizomene'' ("Woman Shot With an Arrow")
* ''Aleiptria'' ("The Female Oiler, or Masseuse")
* ''Alkestis'' ("[[Alcestis]]")
* ''Antaios'' ("[[Antaeus]]")
* ''Anteia''
* ''Anasozomenoi''  ("The Rescued Men")
* ''Aphrodites Gonai'' ("Aphrodite's Birth" {{Citation needed|date=August 2011}})
* ''Archestrate''
* ''Archon''
* ''Argyriou Aphanismos''  ("Disappearance of Money")
* ''Arkas'' ("Man from [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]]")
* ''Arpazomene''  ("The Seized, or Captured, Woman")
* ''Asklepios'' ("[[Asclepius]]")
* ''Asotoi'' ("Debauched Men")
* ''Auletes'' ("Male Flute-Player")
* ''Auletris'' ("Female Flute-Player"), or ''Didymai'' ("Twin Sisters")
* ''Autou Eron''
* ''Bakchai'' ("Bacchae")
* ''Batalos''
* ''Boiotis'' ("The Woman From [[Boeotia]]")
* ''Bombylios''
* ''Bousiris'' ("[[Busiris (Greek mythology)|Busiris]]")
* ''Boutalion''
* ''Byzantios'' ("The Man From [[Byzantium]]")
* ''Cyclops''
* ''Chrysis''
* ''Gamos''  ("Marriage")
* ''Ganymedes'' ("[[Ganymede (mythology)|Ganymede]]")
* ''Glaukos'' ("[[Glaucus]]")
* ''Gorgythos''
* ''Diplasia'' ("Female Double")
* ''Dodonis'' ("The Woman From [[Dodona]]")
* ''Drapetagogos'' ("Catcher of Runaway Slaves")
* ''Dyserotes'' ("People With Disastrous Love-Lives")
* ''Dyspratos'' ("The Hard-To-Sell Slave")
* ''Ephesia'' ("The Woman From [[Ephesus]]")
* ''Epidaurios'' ("The Man From [[Epidaurus]]")
* ''Epikleros'' ("The Heiress")
* ''Euploia'' ("A Pleasant Voyage")
* ''Euthydikos''
* ''Halieuomene''  ("Woman Caught Like A Fish")
* ''Heniochos'' ("The Charioteer")
* ''Hippeis'' ("Knights")
* ''Homoioi'' ("People Who Resemble Each Other")
* ''Homonymoi''  ("People With The Same Name")
* ''Homopatrioi'' ("People With The Same Father")
* ''Hydria''  ("The Water-Pitcher")
* ''Hypnos''  ("Sleep")
* ''Iatros'' ("The Physician")
* ''Kaineus'' ("[[Caeneus]]")
* ''Kares''  ("Men From [[Caria]]")
* ''Karine'' ("The Woman From [[Caria]]")
* ''Kepouros'' ("The Gardener")
* ''Kitharistes'' ("The Harpist")
* ''Kitharodos'' ("The [[Citharode]]")
* ''Kleophanes''
* ''Knapheus''  ("The Fuller")
* ''Knoithideus'', or ''Gastron'' ("Glutton")
* ''Korinthia'' ("The Woman From [[Corinth]]")
* ''Koroplathos'' ("Modeller of Clay Figures")
* ''Korykos''
* ''Kouris'' ("The Female Hair-Dresser")
* ''Kybeutai'' ("Dice-Players")
* ''Lampas''  ("The Torch")
* ''Lampon''
* ''Lemniai''  ("Women From [[Lemnos]]")
* ''Leonides''
* ''Leptiniskos''
* ''Leukadios'' ("The Man From [[Lefkada|Leucas]]")
* ''Lydos''  ("The Man From [[Lydia]]")
* ''Medeia''  ("[[Medea]]")
* ''Melanion''
* ''Meleagros'' ("[[Meleager]]")
* ''Melitta'' ("The Bee")
* ''Metoikos'' ("Resident Alien")
* ''Metragyrtes'' ("Beggar-Priest of [[Cybele]]")
* ''Metrophon''
* ''Midon''
* ''Minos'' ("[[Minos]]")
* ''Misoponeros'' ("Hater of Wickedness")
* ''Mnemata''  ("The Tombs")
* ''Moichoi''  ("Adulterers")
* ''Mylon''  ("The Mill")
* ''Mystis''  ("Woman Initiated Into the Mysteries")
* ''Obrimos''
* ''Oinomaos'', or ''Pelops''
* ''Oionistes''  ("The Omen-Reader")
* ''Omphale'' ("[[Omphale]]")
* ''Orpheus'' ("[[Orpheus]]")
* ''Paiderastes'' ("The Pederast")
* ''Parasitos''  ("The Parasite")
* ''Paroimiai'' ("Proverbs")
* ''Phaon'' ("[[Phaon]]")
* ''Philetairos'' ("[[Philetaerus]]")
* ''Philoktetes'' ("[[Philoctetes]]")
* ''Philometor'' ("Mother-Lover")
* ''Philopator'' ("Father-Lover")
* ''Philotis''
* ''Phrearrhios''
* ''Plousioi''  ("Rich Men")
* ''Poiesis''  ("Poetry")
* ''Pontikos''  ("Man From [[Pontus (region)|Pontus]]")
* ''Probateus''  ("The Sheep-Rancher")
* ''Problema'' ("Problem," or "Riddle")
* ''Progonoi''  ("Ancestors")
* ''Pyraunos''
* ''Sappho''
* ''Skleriai''  ("Difficulties," or "Hardships")
* ''Skythai'' ("Scythians"), or ''Tauroi'' ("Bulls")
* ''Stratiotes'' ("The Soldier"), or ''Tychon''
* ''Thamyras''
* ''Theogony''
* ''Timon''
* ''Traumatias'' ("The Wounded Man")
* ''Tritagonistes''
* ''Tyrrhenus''
* ''Zakynthios'' ("The Man From [[Zakynthos]]")
* ''Zographos''  ("The Painter")
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