Eupolis Poet of Old Comedy

Eupolis ( fl. 429-411 BC) was one of the best-attested and most important of Aristophanes' rivals. No complete play has survived, but more than 120 lines of his best-known comedy, Demoi ( The Demes ), are extant. This book provides a new translation of all the remaining fragments and an essay on each lost play, as well as discussions of Eupolis' career and the sort of comedy that this prizewinning poet created.

Ian C. Storey is Professor of Ancient History and Classics at Trent University, Canada

List of Illustrations

x

Abbreviations

xi

Introduction: 'Everyone Knows Eupolis'

1

(6)

The Fragments in Translation

7

(27)

1. Eupolis in Antiquity

34

(18)

2. Eupolis' Dates and Career

52

(15)

3. The Comedies of Eupolis

Aiges

67

(7)

Astrateutoi

74

(7)

Autolykos

81

(13)

Baptai

94

(17)

Demoi

111

(63)

Heilotes

174

(5)

Kolakes

179

(18)

Lakones

197

(1)

Marfikas

197

(18)

Noumeniai

215

(1)

Poleis

216

(14)

Prospaltioi

230

(16)

Taxiarchoi

246

(14)

Hybristodikai

260

(3)

Philoi

263

(15)

Chrysoun Genos 266)

4. The 'War' between the Poets

278

(26)

5. Eupolis and Comedy

304

(74)

Appendices

I. Eupolis' Death and Burial

378

(4)

II. Locating the Unassigned Fragments

382

(2)

III. Komodoumenoi in Eupolis

384

(3)

1V. The Eupolidean Metre

387

(4)

V. The Meaning of Δημomicronι in the Fifth Century

391

(4)

Bibliography

395

(18)

Index Locorum

413

(22)

General Index

435

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Eupolis Poet of Old Comedy

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