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Philemon (Greek: Φιλήμων; c. 362 BC – c. 262 BC) was an Athenian poet and playwright of the New Comedy. He was born either at Soli in Cilicia or at Syracuse in Sicily but moved to Athens some time before 330 BC, when he is known to have been producing plays.

He attained remarkable popularity, for he repeatedly won victories over his younger contemporary and rival Menander, whose delicate wit was apparently less to the taste of the Athenians of the time than Philemon's comedy.

Except for a short sojourn in Egypt with Ptolemy II Philadelphus, he passed his life at Athens. He there died, nearly a hundred years old, but with mental vigour unimpaired, about the year 262 BC, according to the story, at the moment of his being crowned on the stage.[1]

Surviving titles and fragments

Of his ninety-seven works, fifty-seven are known to us by titles and fragments. Two of his plays were the basis for two Latin adaptations of Plautus (Mercator being adapted from Emporos, and Trinummus from Thesauros).

References

• William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 3 (1870), p. 261.
• Text adapted from Harry Thurston Peck (1898). Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York: Harper and Brothers.

На других языках

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- [en] Philemon (poet)

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[es] Filemón (poeta)

Filemón (Φιλήμων / Philêmôn - «amigable, afectuoso» - 362 - 262 a. C.) fue uno de los tres autores cuyas obras se toman como modelo de la comedia nueva griega; los otros son Dífilo y Menandro.

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[ru] Филемон (поэт)

Филимон Старший или Филимон Сиракузский (греч. Φιλήμων; ок. 362, Солы (Малая Азия) — 262 до н. э., Афины) — древнегреческий поэт, комедиограф. Вместе с Менандром — основатель новой аттической комедии, хронологически соответствующей первым шести десятилетиям эллинизма, последовавшим за смертью Александра Македонского в 323 г. д. н. э[1].

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