Rhinthon
Rhinthon (
dramatist
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The son of a potter, he was probably a native of
Syracuse, Magna Graecia, and afterwards settled at Tarentum
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He invented the iambic, in which the greatest licence is allowed. The scant fragments of his plays are collected in R. Kassel and C. Austin, Poetae Comici Graeci, vol. 1, pp. 260–70.
Influence
The Amphitruo of Plautus was probably imitated from a different writer (Archippus of Middle Comedy), but illustrates how such subjects were treated. The hilarotragoedia exercised considerable influence on Latin comedy, the Rhinthonica (or fabula) being mentioned by various authorities amongst other kinds of drama known to the Romans. Scenes from these travesties are probably represented in certain vase paintings from Southern Italy.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rhinthon". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 245.
- Marcello Gigante M. Rintone e il teatro in Magna Grecia. Naples 1971.
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