Sannyrion
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Sannyrion was an Athenian comic poet
of the late 5th century BC, and a contemporary of Diocles and Philyllius
, according to the Suda
. He belonged to the later years of Old Comedy and the start of the Middle Comedy. He ridiculed the pronunciation of Hegelochus, the actor in Euripides
' Orestes
, which came out in 408 BC. In line 279 of the play, instead of "after the storm I see a calm sea" (galen' horo), Hegelochus recited "after the storm I see a cat" (galen horo). (In the nominative, "calm sea" is galena and "cat" is gale, and "horoo" can either be constructed with an accusative of with a dative. The accusative of "gale" is galen and the dative of "galena" is "galenai", which results in "galen' horoo" after apocope
.). His leaness was ridculed by Strattis
in his Kinesias (Κινησίας) and Psychastae (Ψυχασταί) and also by Aristophanes in his Gerytades, where he and Meletus and Cinesias are chosen as ambassadors from the poets to the shades below. Curiously, Sannyrion himself ridculed Meletus on the same ground in his Τέλως Telōs
.
Titles of Sannyrion's works:
Ancient Greek comedy
Ancient Greek comedy was one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece . Athenian comedy is conventionally divided into three periods, Old Comedy, Middle Comedy, and New Comedy...
of the late 5th century BC, and a contemporary of Diocles and Philyllius
Philyllius
Philyllius was an ancient Athenian comic poet. He was comtempoary with Diocles and Sannyrion. He belonged to the latter part of the Old Comedy tradition and the beginning of the Middle Comedy tradition...
, according to the Suda
Suda
The Suda or Souda is a massive 10th century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Suidas. It is an encyclopedic lexicon, written in Greek, with 30,000 entries, many drawing from ancient sources that have since been lost, and often...
. He belonged to the later years of Old Comedy and the start of the Middle Comedy. He ridiculed the pronunciation of Hegelochus, the actor in Euripides
Euripides
Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most...
' Orestes
Orestes (play)
Orestes is an Ancient Greek play by Euripides that follows the events of Orestes after he had murdered his mother.-Background:...
, which came out in 408 BC. In line 279 of the play, instead of "after the storm I see a calm sea" (galen' horo), Hegelochus recited "after the storm I see a cat" (galen horo). (In the nominative, "calm sea" is galena and "cat" is gale, and "horoo" can either be constructed with an accusative of with a dative. The accusative of "gale" is galen and the dative of "galena" is "galenai", which results in "galen' horoo" after apocope
Apocope
In phonology, apocope is the loss of one or more sounds from the end of a word, and especially the loss of an unstressed vowel.-Historical sound change:...
.). His leaness was ridculed by Strattis
Strattis
Strattis was an Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy. According to the Suda, he flourished later than Callias Schoenion. He must have begun to exhibit in the 92nd Olympiad, that is, 412 BC. He was contemporary with Sannyrion and Philyllius, both of whom are attacked in the extant fragments of his...
in his Kinesias (Κινησίας) and Psychastae (Ψυχασταί) and also by Aristophanes in his Gerytades, where he and Meletus and Cinesias are chosen as ambassadors from the poets to the shades below. Curiously, Sannyrion himself ridculed Meletus on the same ground in his Τέλως Telōs
Telos (philosophy)
A telos is an end or purpose, in a fairly constrained sense used by philosophers such as Aristotle. It is the root of the term "teleology," roughly the study of purposiveness, or the study of objects with a view to their aims, purposes, or intentions. Teleology figures centrally in Aristotle's...
.
Titles of Sannyrion's works:
- Τέλως TelōsTelos (philosophy)A telos is an end or purpose, in a fairly constrained sense used by philosophers such as Aristotle. It is the root of the term "teleology," roughly the study of purposiveness, or the study of objects with a view to their aims, purposes, or intentions. Teleology figures centrally in Aristotle's...
(Finally) - Δανάη DanaeDanaëIn Greek mythology, Danaë was a daughter of King Acrisius of Argos and Eurydice of Argos. She was the mother of Perseus by Zeus. She was sometimes credited with founding the city of Ardea in Latium....
- Ιώ IoIo (mythology)Io was, in Greek mythology, a priestess of Hera in Argos, a nymph who was seduced by Zeus, who changed her into a heifer to escape detection. His wife Hera set ever-watchful Argus Panoptes to guard her, but Hermes was sent to distract the guardian and slay him...
- Σαρδανάπαλλος SardanapalusSardanapalusSardanapalus was, according to the Greek writer Ctesias of Cnidus, the last king of Assyria. Ctesias' Persica is lost, but we know of its contents by later compilations and from the work of Diodorus...
(The title could have been mistaken by Suda; reading a passage of Athenaeus strongly suggests that Suda mistaken it for the play by Strattis mentioned above, Psychastae (Ψυχασταί))