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Timocles (Ancient Greek: Τιμοκλῆς, fl. c. 345 BC – c. 317 BC) was one of the last Athenian comic poets of the Middle Comedy,[1] although Pollux listed him among the writers of New Comedy.[2] He is known to have won first prize at the Lenaea once, between 330 and 320 BC.[3] The Suda claims that there were two comic poets of this name,[4] but modern scholars equate the two.[5] Unlike most Middle Comedy plays, his works featured a good deal of personal ridicule of public figures, especially orators like Demosthenes and Hyperides.

At least 26, and possibly 28, titles of Timocles' works survive.[1]

References

Works cited

• Constantinides, Elizabeth (1969). "Timocles' Ikarioi Satyroi: A Reconsideration". Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. 100.
• Dover, K. J. "Timocles". Oxford Classical Dictionary (4th ed.).

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