Araros
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Araros , son of Aristophanes
, was born in 387 B.C.E.was an Athenian comic poet of the Middle Comedy. His brothers Philippus, and Nicostratus were also comic poets. Aristophanes first introduced him to public notice as the principal actor (hypocrites) in his play Plutus
(388 BC
), the last comedy which he exhibited in his own name : he wrote two more comedies, the Cocalus and the Aeolosikon which were brought out in the name of Araros, probably very soon after the above date. Araros first exhibited in his own name in 375 BC
. Suidas mentions the following as his comedies :
All that we know of his dramatic character is contained in the following passage of Alexis
, who, however, was his rival: ' I want you to taste some water : I have a big water well inside more frigid than Araros '
Aristophanes
Aristophanes , son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaus, was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually complete...
, was born in 387 B.C.E.was an Athenian comic poet of the Middle Comedy. His brothers Philippus, and Nicostratus were also comic poets. Aristophanes first introduced him to public notice as the principal actor (hypocrites) in his play Plutus
Plutus (play)
Plutus is an Ancient Greek comedy by the playwrightAristophanes, first produced c. 388 BC. A political satire on contemporary Athens, it features the personified god of wealth Plutus...
(388 BC
388 BC
Year 388 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Capitolinus, Fidenas, Iullus, Corvus, Flavus and Rufus...
), the last comedy which he exhibited in his own name : he wrote two more comedies, the Cocalus and the Aeolosikon which were brought out in the name of Araros, probably very soon after the above date. Araros first exhibited in his own name in 375 BC
375 BC
Year 375 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the First year without Tribunate or Consulship...
. Suidas mentions the following as his comedies :
- Kaineus, after the mythic transgender CaeneusCaeneusIn Greek mythology, Caeneus was a Lapith hero of Thessaly and, in Ovid's Metamorphoses— where the classical model of a hero is deconstructed and transformed— originally a woman, Caenis, daughter of Atrax...
(erotic subject) - Kampylion, a name of a fragmentary comedy by EubulusEubulus (poet)Eubulus was an Athenian "Middle Comic" poet, victorious six times at the Lenaia, first probably in the late 370s or 360s BC According to the Suda , which dates him to the 101st Olympiad Eubulus was an Athenian "Middle Comic" poet, victorious six times at the Lenaia, first probably in the late 370s...
, as well. - Panos Gonai, birth of Pan
- HymenaiosHymenaiosIn Greek mythology, Hymen was a god of marriage ceremonies, inspiring feasts and song. Related to the god's name, a hymenaios is a genre of Greek lyric poetry sung during the procession of the bride to the groom's house in which the god is addressed, in contrast to the Epithalamium, which was sung...
, a description of a wedding - AdonisAdonisAdonis , in Greek mythology, the god of beauty and desire, is a figure with Northwest Semitic antecedents, where he is a central figure in various mystery religions. The Greek , Adōnis is a variation of the Semitic word Adonai, "lord", which is also one of the names used to refer to God in the Old...
(erotic subject) - Parthenidion, 'small girl' (possible erotic subject, as well)
All that we know of his dramatic character is contained in the following passage of Alexis
Alexis
Alexis was a Greek comic poet of the Middle Comedy period, born at Thurii in Magna Graeca and taken early to Athens, where he became a citizen, being enrolled in the deme Oion and the tribe Leontides. It is thought he lived to the age of 106 and died on the stage while being crowned...
, who, however, was his rival: ' I want you to taste some water : I have a big water well inside more frigid than Araros '