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Apollophanes of Athens (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλοφάνης ὁ Ἀθηναῖος) was a poet of the old Attic comedy. He appears to have been a contemporary of Strattis, and to have consequently lived about Olympiad 95.[1]

  1. ^ Harpocration, Lexicon of the Ten Orators, s. v. ἀσελφίρειν

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