Nicostratus (comic poet)

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Nicostratus (Νικόστρατος) was a Greek playwright of the

Myrrinous and was "cured" of his love.[1]

Surviving titles and fragments

The following twenty three titles, along with associated fragments, are all that survive of Nicostratus' work:

  • Favorite Slave
  • Female Love-Rival
  • Antyllus
  • Man Being Driven Away
  • Kings
  • The Accuser
  • Hecate
  • Hesiod
  • The Hierophant
  • The Bed
  • Laconians
  • The Cook
  • Oenopion
  • The Bird-Catcher
  • Pandarus
  • Pandrosus
  • Woman Swimming Alongside
  • Citizens
  • Wealth
  • The Syrian
  • The Moneylender
  • The Falsely-Branded
  • The Bustard-Bird

References

  1. ^ Photius, Cod, 190, p. 153, ed. Bekk.