Timostratus

Timostratus (Ancient Greek: Τιμόστρατος) was an Ancient Greek comic poet, who was active in the early second century BC. His son Ariston and his grandson Poses were also comic poets.

Inscriptions indicate that Timostratus came sixth in the Dionysia of 188 BC with the comedy The Ransomed Man ([Λυτρούμενος] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= (help))^[1] and came fourth in the Dionysia of 183 BC with Lover of his Relatives ([Φιλοικεῖος] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= (help)).^[2] It is unclear whether he was the author of The Reciprocal Benefactor ([Ἀντευεργετῶν] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= (help)), which came third in 177 BC.^[3] In addition, the ancient lexicographers transmit five further titles: The No-Hoper ([Ἄσωτος] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= (help)), The Naturalised Citizen ([Δημοποίητος] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= (help)), The Deposit ([Παρακαταθήκη] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= (help)), Pan (Πάν) und Lover of his Master ([Φιλοδέσποτος] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= (help)). John Stobaeus (4.50.13) quotes two lines from one of his works, dealing with the conflict between generations.

References

^ IG II² 2323,141.
^ IG II² 2323,155.
^ IG II² 2323,180; the name of the poet is only partially preserved, so it could be Timotheus or Timoxenus.

Bibliography

Rudolf Kassel, Colin Austin (ed.): Poetae Comici Graeci. Vol. 7. De Gruyter, Berlin/New York 1989, pp. 783–6.
Alfred Körte: Timostratos 2.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. VI A,2, Stuttgart 1937, col. 1323.
Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, "Timostratos 2" in Der Neue Pauly (DNP). 12/1, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01482-7, Sp. 595.

[1] IG II² 2323,141.

[2] IG II² 2323,155.

[3] IG II² 2323,180; the name of the poet is only partially preserved, so it could be Timotheus or Timoxenus.

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