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Philyllius - Old comedy poet
an Athenian comic poet, contemporary with Diocles and Sannyrion (Suid. s. v. Dioklis). He belongs to the latter part of the Old Comedy, and the beginning of the Middle ; for, on the one hand, he seems to have attained to some distinction before the time when the Ecclesiazusae of Aristophanes was acted 392 BC (Schol. ad Aristoph. Plut. 1195), and, on the other, nearly all the titles of his plays belong evidently to the Middle Comedy. He is said to have introduced some scenic innovations, such as bringing lighted torches on the stage (Schol. Plut. I. c. ; Ath. xv. 700, e.). With regard to his language, Meineke mentions a few words and phrases, which are not pure Attic. His name is corrupted by the Greek lexicographers and others into Phillylios, Philaios, Philolaos, Phillydeos and other forms.
The following titles are given by Eudocia and Suida and in the following older.
- Aigeus
- Auge
- Antheia (etairas onoma)
- Dodekate (Twelfth [Day])
- Herakles
- Plyntria i Nausikaa
- Polis (or Poleis)
- Phreorychos (Well-digger)
- Atalante
- Helene
where the last two titles look suspicious, as being out of the alphabetical order. (Meineke, Frag. Com. Graec. vol. i. pp. 258—261], ii. pp. 857—866; Bergk, Comment. de Reliq. Com. Att. Ant. p. 428.)
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