Philyllius

4th-century BC Athenian poet of Middle Comedy

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Birthplace: Athens
Citizenship: Classical Athens
Occupation: comedy writer
Languages spoken, written or signed: Ancient Greek

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Philyllius, also called Phillylius, Phlaeus, Philolaus, or Phillydeus, was an ancient Athenian comic poet. He was a contemporary of Diocles and Sannyrion. He belonged to the latter part of the Old Comedy tradition and the beginning of the Middle Comedy tradition. He seems to have attained to some distinction before 392 BC, when the Ecclesiazusae of Aristophanes was performed.

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Sex or gender: male
Movement: Old Comedy
Middle Comedy
Writing language: Ancient Greek

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