Xenocles (Greek: Ξενοκλῆς) was an ancient Greek tragedian. He won a victory at the Dionysia in 415 BC with the plays Oedipus, Lycaon, and Bacchae with the satyr play Athamas.[1] Other plays by Xenocles include Licymnius, parodied by Aristophanes in The Clouds,[2] and perhaps Myes.[1] Aristophanes also refers negatively to Xenocles in the Thesmophoriazusae and Frogs.[2]
Xenocles was the son of Carcinus the Elder and father of Carcinus the Younger, both also tragic playwrights.[3] He had at least two brothers were also tragic poets or actors. Ancient sources differ on whether Xenocles was one of three or four brothers,[4] and name them variously as Xenotimus, Xenarchus, Demotimus, Xenocleitus, and Datis.[3] Datis, quoted by Aristophanes in Peace,[3] may have been a nickname for Xenocles.[5]
^ abZimmerman, Bernhard (2006). "Xenocles [2]". Brill's New Pauly. doi:10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e12212800.
plays by Xenocles include Licymnius, parodied by Aristophanes in The Clouds, and perhaps Myes. Aristophanes also refers negatively to Xenocles in the Thesmophoriazusae...
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about Oedipus. These include Achaeus of Eretria, Nichomachus and the elder Xenocles. The Bibliotheca, a Roman-era mythological handbook, includes a riddle...
Aeschylus; Sophocles took 2nd place with Oedipus Rex 416 BC – Agathon 415 BC – Xenocles 409 BC – Sophocles (Philoctetes) 405 BC – Euripides (The Bacchae, Iphigenia...
BC) Book of Philosophy. Only fragments of the first part have survived. Xenocles (c. 5th century BC) Athamas Bacchae Licymnius Lycaon Myes Oedipus Sophocles...
Elis. Euanoridas (Εὐανορίδᾳς) of Elis. Theognetus (Θεογνήτος) of Aegina. Xenocles (Ξενοκλῆς) of Maenalus. Cheimon (Χείμων) of Argos, son of Aristeus (Ἀριστεὺς)...
in Athens. Euripides won second place, losing to the obscure tragedian Xenocles. Hecuba: Alas! Alas! Alas! Ilion is ablaze; the fire consumes the citadel...
occupying the place where one would expect to see Hades. Archaic artist Xenocles portrayed on one side of a vase, Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, each with his...
century BC) a Spartan elegiac poet (or Athenian), author of martial verses Xenocles, (Ξενοκλής), or Zenocles, tragedian, flourished 415 BC Poetry portal Ancient...
conclusion of the war, the province of Asia returned to Roman control and Xenocles of Adramyttium, a prominent orator, was sent to Rome to defend the actions...
chronicle) 8th Olympiad 748 BC - Anticles of Messenia 9th Olympiad 744 BC - Xenocles of Messenia 10th Olympiad 740 BC - Dotades of Messenia 11th Olympiad 736...
171–170 BC Antigenes 170–169 BC Aphrodisius 169–168 BC Eunicus 168–167 BC Xenocles 167–166 BC Nicosthenes 166–165 BC Achaeus (?) 165–164 BC Pelops 164–163...
Maenalus, a distinguished fighter who became rich in service of Gelo. Xenocles of Maenalus, a boys' wrestler who won gold in the ancient Olympic Games...
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(comic poet) Pratinas Rhinthon Sophocles Sositheus Strattis Theodectes Xenocles Christopher of Mytilene Michael Glycas John Mauropous Vitsentzos Kornaros...
examples of poets who dressed and behaved as effetely as himself. Philocles, Xenocles, and Theognis: Dramatic poets and contemporaries of Aristophanes, frequently...
installation of the Metagenes chapter on March 23, 1969. With the addition of the Xenocles chapter at the University of Texas at Arlington on September 13, 1970,...
another at right angles, and one or more of the spaces was left open, which Xenocles surmounted by a roof formed of tiles. In his 1849 Historical Inquiry into...
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Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Xenocles (2)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
