Philippides of Athens, is mentioned as one of the six principal poets of the new comedy, these six being Philemon, Menander, Diphilus, Philippides, Posidippus, and Apollodorus. He flourished about 335 BC. Philippides seems to have deserved the rank assigned him, as one of the best poets of the new comedy. He attacked the luxury and corruption of the age, defended the privileges of his art, and made use of personal satire with a spirit approaching to that of the old comedy. Plutarch eulogizes him highly. His death is said to have been caused by excessive joy at an unexpected victory. It appears from Gellius that he lived to an advanced age. The number of his dramas is stated by Suidas at forty-five ; there are fifteen titles extant. Some of the ancient critics charge Philippides with infringing upon the purity of the Attic dialect, and Meineke produces several words from his fragments as examples. The fragments are given by the scholar just mentioned, Frag. Comic. Graec., vol. ii., p. 1116, seqq., ed. min.