Antiphanes (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιφάνης; c. 408 to 334 BCE) was a playwright of Middle Comedy. According to Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, he is regarded as one of the most important writers of Middle Comedy alongside Alexis.
Antiphanes was said to have written as many as 365 comedies, and 140 titles of his works are known. His first play was produced about 385 BC. According to the Suda, he won 13 victories in dramatic competitions, including 8 at the Lenaea. In his later career he was a pioneer of the New Comedy. Demetrius of Phalerum and Dorotheus of Ascalon wrote treatises on Antiphanes.
According to the Suda, Antiphanes died after being struck by a pear.
His son, Stephanus, was also a comic writer.
Surviving titles and fragments
Adelphai ("Sisters") Adonis Agroikos ("The Country-Dweller") Akestria Akontizomene ("Woman Shot With an Arrow") Aleiptria ("The Female Oiler, or Masseuse") Alkestis ("Alcestis") Antaios ("Antaeus") Anteia Anasozomenoi ("The Rescued Men") Aphrodites Gonai ("The Birth of Aphrodite") Archestrate Archon Argyriou Aphanismos ("Disappearance of Money") Arkas ("Man from Arcadia") Arpazomene ("The Seized, or Captured, Woman") Asklepios ("Asclepius") Asotoi ("Debauched Men") Auletes ("Male Flute-Player") Auletris ("Female Flute-Player"), or Didymai ("Twin Sisters") Autou Eron Bakchai ("Bacchae") Batalos Boiotis ("The Woman From Boeotia") Bombylios Bousiris ("Busiris") Boutalion Byzantios ("The Man From Byzantium") Cyclops Chrysis Gamos ("Marriage") Ganymedes ("Ganymede") Glaukos ("Glaucus") Gorgythos Diplasia ("Female Double") Dodonis ("The Woman From Dodona") Drapetagogos ("Catcher of Runaway Slaves") Dyserotes ("People With Disastrous Love-Lives") Dyspratos ("The Hard-To-Sell Slave") Ephesia ("The Woman From Ephesus") Epidaurios ("The Man From Epidaurus") Epikleros ("The Heiress") Euploia ("A Pleasant Voyage") Euthydikos Halieuomene ("Woman Caught Like A Fish") Heniochos ("The Charioteer") Hippeis ("Knights") Homoioi ("People Who Resemble Each Other") Homonymoi ("People With The Same Name") Homopatrioi ("People With The Same Father") Hydria ("The Water-Pitcher") Hypnos ("Sleep") Iatros ("The Physician") Kaineus ("Caeneus") Kares ("Men From Caria") Karine ("The Woman From Caria") Kepouros ("The Gardener") Kitharistes ("The Harpist") Kitharodos ("The Citharode") Kleophanes Knapheus ("The Fuller") Knoithideus, or Gastron ("Glutton") Korinthia ("The Woman From Corinth") Koroplathos ("Modeller of Clay Figures") Korykos Kouris ("The Female Hair-Dresser") Kybeutai ("Dice-Players") Lampas ("The Torch") Lampon Lemniai ("Women From Lemnos") Leonides Leptiniskos Leukadios ("The Man From Leucas") Lydos ("The Man From Lydia") Medeia ("Medea") Melanion Meleagros ("Meleager") Melitta ("The Bee") Metoikos ("Resident Alien") Metragyrtes ("Beggar-Priest of Cybele") Metrophon Midon Minos ("Minos") Misoponeros ("Hater of Wickedness") Mnemata ("The Tombs") Moichoi ("Adulterers") Mylon ("The Mill") Mystis ("Woman Initiated Into the Mysteries") Obrimos Oinomaos, or Pelops Oionistes ("The Omen-Reader") Omphale ("Omphale") Orpheus ("Orpheus") Paiderastes ("The Pederast") Parasitos ("The Parasite") Paroimiai ("Proverbs") Phaon ("Phaon") Philetairos ("Philetaerus") Philoktetes ("Philoctetes") Philometor ("Mother-Lover") Philopator ("Father-Lover") Philotis Phrearrhios Plousioi ("Rich Men") Poiesis ("Poetry") Pontikos ("Man From Pontus") Probateus ("The Sheep-Rancher") Problema ("Problem," or "Riddle") Progonoi ("Ancestors") Pyraunos Sappho Skleriai ("Difficulties," or "Hardships") Skythai ("Scythians"), or Tauroi ("Bulls") Stratiotes ("The Soldier"), or Tychon Thamyras Theogony Timon Traumatias ("The Wounded Man") Tritagonistes Tyrrhenus Zakynthios ("The Man From Zakynthos") Zographos ("The Painter")
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