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Callias (poet)

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75:. It is the earliest attestation of most of the letter names in the Greek alphabet. On this work there has been debate since the early 19th century over the meaning of the play's claim to have influenced Greek tragedy. Many scholars take Callias' claim to have been ironic and a joke. The titles of his other known plays are: 241: 114:
Callias appears to have been given the teasing nickname Schoinion by his rivals, probably because his father was a rope maker. It is also recorded that he lampooned the philosopher
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Liddell and Scott Greek Lexicon defines this term as either a "sedgebird," which dwells among reeds, or a flute-girl's tune.
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Callias is best known for a few extant fragments of a comedy,
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The Oxford Handbook of the Phoenician and Punic Mediterranean
55: 45: 136:Comedy and Confusion in Callias' Letter Tragedy 8: 99:(Men At Leisure), and a fragmentary title 34:5th-century BC Athenian poet of Old Comedy 142:, Vol. 94, No. 2. April 1999 pp. 147-167. 103:, which has been reconstructed as either 294:Ancient Greek dramatists and playwrights 127: 173:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190499341.013.17 7: 50:), sometimes called by the nickname 25: 1: 153:"The Alphabet and its Legacy" 315: 240:Sonnino, Maurizio (1999). 56: 46: 29:Other people named Callias 26: 184:Smith, Joseph A. (2003). 27:Not to be confused with 165:Oxford University Press 155:, in: Brian R. Doak, 60:), was a poet of the 18:Callias (comic poet) 190:Classical Philology 157:Carolina López-Ruiz 140:Classical Philology 95:(Men In Shackles), 107:(Iron Pestles) or 69:The Letter Tragedy 16:(Redirected from 306: 278: 277: 252:(3/4): 330–335. 237: 231: 228: 222: 221: 181: 175: 167:, 2019, p. 247, 149: 143: 132: 91:(The Cyclopes), 79:(The Egyptian), 59: 58: 49: 48: 21: 314: 313: 309: 308: 307: 305: 304: 303: 299:Old Comic poets 284: 283: 282: 281: 258:10.2307/1088990 239: 238: 234: 229: 225: 183: 182: 178: 151:Madadh Richey, 150: 146: 133: 129: 124: 35: 32: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 312: 310: 302: 301: 296: 286: 285: 280: 279: 232: 223: 218:10.1086/422369 202:10.1086/422369 196:(4): 313–329. 176: 144: 134:Ralph Rosen, " 126: 125: 123: 120: 73:Greek alphabet 33: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 311: 300: 297: 295: 292: 291: 289: 275: 271: 267: 263: 259: 255: 251: 247: 243: 236: 233: 227: 224: 219: 215: 211: 207: 203: 199: 195: 191: 187: 180: 177: 174: 170: 166: 162: 158: 154: 148: 145: 141: 137: 131: 128: 121: 119: 117: 112: 111:(Iron Guts). 110: 109:Entera Sidera 106: 105:Hypera Sidera 102: 101:...era Sidera 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 78: 74: 70: 65: 63: 53: 43: 39: 30: 19: 249: 245: 235: 226: 193: 189: 179: 160: 147: 139: 130: 113: 108: 104: 100: 97:Scholazontes 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 76: 68: 66: 51: 37: 36: 288:Categories 122:References 62:Old Comedy 266:0031-8299 210:0009-837X 87:(Frogs), 85:Batrakhoi 77:Aigyptios 52:Schoenion 159:(eds.), 116:Socrates 89:Kyklopes 81:Atalante 57:Σχοινίων 274:1088990 246:Phoenix 93:Pedetai 47:Καλλίας 38:Callias 272:  264:  216:  208:  270:JSTOR 214:JSTOR 42:Greek 262:ISSN 206:ISSN 254:doi 198:doi 169:doi 138:," 290:: 268:. 260:. 250:53 248:. 244:. 212:. 204:. 194:98 192:. 188:. 163:, 118:. 83:, 64:. 44:: 276:. 256:: 220:. 200:: 171:: 54:( 40:( 31:. 20:)

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Callias (comic poet)
Other people named Callias
Greek
Old Comedy
Greek alphabet
Socrates
Comedy and Confusion in Callias' Letter Tragedy
"The Alphabet and its Legacy"
Carolina López-Ruiz
Oxford University Press
doi
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190499341.013.17
"Clearing Up Some Confusion in Callias' Alphabet Tragedy: How to Read Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus 332–33 et al"
doi
10.1086/422369
ISSN
0009-837X
JSTOR
10.1086/422369
"Short Notes on Two Comic Fragments (Callias fr. 18 K.-A.; Theopompus Comicus fr. 64 K.-A.)"
doi
10.2307/1088990
ISSN
0031-8299
JSTOR
1088990
Categories
Ancient Greek dramatists and playwrights
Old Comic poets

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