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Ancient greek playwrights history of christmas


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    List of ancient Greek playwrights

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Comedies

    • Susarion of Megara (~580 BC)
    • Epicharmus of Kos (~540–450 BC)
    • Phormis, late 6th century BC
    • Dinolochus, 487 BC
    • Euetes 485 BC
    • Euxenides 485 BC
    • Mylus 485 BC
    • Chionides 487 BC
    • Magnes 472 BC
    • Cratinus (~520–420 BC)
    • Crates c.

      450 BC

    • Ecphantides
    • Pisander
    • Epilycus
    • Callias Schoenion
    • Hermippus 435 BC
    • Myrtilus
    • Lysimachus
    • Hegemon of Thasos, 413 BC
    • Sophron
    • Phrynichus
    • Lycis, before 405 BC
    • Lucrideus (c.

      206 BC)

    • Leucon
    • Lysippus
    • Eupolis (~446–411 BC)
    • Aristophanes (c.

      The liturgy for other festivals, and plays about the Christmas sto episodes from the lives of various saints, became common.2.

      446–388 BC), a leading source for Greek Old Comedy

    • Pherecrates 420 BC
    • Diocles of Phlius
    • Sannyrion
    • Philyllius, 394 BC
    • Hipparchus
    • Archippus
    • Polyzelus
    • Philonides
    • Eunicus 5th century BC
    • Telecleides 5th century BC
    • Euphonius 458 BC
    • Phrynichus (~429 BC)
    • Cantharus 422 BC
    • Ameipsias (c.

      420 BC)

    • Strattis (~412–390 BC)
    • Cephisodorus 402 BC
    • Plato (comic poet) late 5th century BC
    • Theopompus c. 410 – c.380 BC
    • Nicophon 5th