Philocles

Philocles
Philocles
Φιλοκλ??
Born	5th century BC ; Athens
Died	5th century BC
Occupation	Poet
Parent	Philopatho (mother)
Relatives	Cynaegirus (uncle) ; Ameinias (uncle) ; Aeschylus (uncle) ;

Philocles ^{[
pronunciation?
]} ( Greek : Φιλοκλ?? ), was an Athenian tragic poet during the 5th century BC. Through his mother, Philopatho ( Greek : Φιλοπαθ? ), he had three famous uncles: Aeschylus , the famous poet, Cynaegirus , hero of the battle of Marathon , and Ameinias , hero of the battle of Salamis . The Suda claims that Philocles was the father of the tragic playwright Morsimus , who was in turn the father of the tragedian Astydamas . ^[1]

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According to the Suda , Philocles wrote 100 tragedies. Philocles is best known for winning first prize in the competition against Sophocles ' Oedipus Rex . ^[2]^[3] Philocles also wrote a play on the subject of Tereus , which was parodied in Aristophanes ' The Birds along with Sophocles' treatment of the same subject . ^[4] A scholiast has noted that Philocles' Tereus was part of his Pandionis tetralogy. ^[4] An extant fragment shows that Philocles wrote a play covering the story of Hermione , Neoptolemus and Orestes , a subject also addressed by Euripides in his play Andromache and by Sophocles in his Hermione . ^[5] In Philocles' version of the Hermione myth, Hermione is betrothed to Neoptolemus by her father Menelaus while she is pregnant with Orestes' child. ^[5] Philocles also wrote plays entitled Oedipus and Philoctetes . ^[6] The Suda also names the following as plays of Philocles: Erigone , Nauplius , Oineus , Priam , and Penelope . ^[1]

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^ ^a ^b Suda φ 378
^ Kopff, E. Christian (1997). Ancient Greek Authors . Gale . ISBN 978-0-8103-9939-6 .
^ Smith, Helaine (2005). Masterpieces of Classic Greek Drama . Greenwood. p. 1 . ISBN 978-0-313-33268-5 .
^ ^a ^b March, J. (2000). "Vases and Tragic Drama". In Rutter, N.K.; Sparkes, B.A. (eds.). Word and Image in Ancient Greece . University of Edinburgh. pp. 121?123. ISBN 978-0-7486-1405-9 .
^ ^a ^b Sommerstein, A.H., Fitzpatrick, D. & Talboy, T. (2006). Sophocles: Selected Fragmentary Plays Volume I . Aris & Phillips. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-85668-766-2 . {{ cite book }}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link )
^ Collard, C., Cropp, M.J. & Gilbert, J. (2004). Euripides: Selected Fragmentary Plays Volume II . Aris & Phillips. pp. 113, 373. ISBN 978-0-85668-621-4 . {{ cite book }}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link )

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[Suda_φ_378-1] Suda φ 378

[2] Kopff, E. Christian (1997). Ancient Greek Authors . Gale . ISBN 978-0-8103-9939-6 .

[Smith-3] Smith, Helaine (2005). Masterpieces of Classic Greek Drama . Greenwood. p. 1 . ISBN 978-0-313-33268-5 .

[vases-4] March, J. (2000). "Vases and Tragic Drama". In Rutter, N.K.; Sparkes, B.A. (eds.). Word and Image in Ancient Greece . University of Edinburgh. pp. 121?123. ISBN 978-0-7486-1405-9 .

[sophocles-5] Sommerstein, A.H., Fitzpatrick, D. & Talboy, T. (2006). Sophocles: Selected Fragmentary Plays Volume I . Aris & Phillips. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-85668-766-2 . {{ cite book }}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link )

[6] Collard, C., Cropp, M.J. & Gilbert, J. (2004). Euripides: Selected Fragmentary Plays Volume II . Aris & Phillips. pp. 113, 373. ISBN 978-0-85668-621-4 . {{ cite book }}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link )

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National	Germany
People	Deutsche Biographie

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