[Born at Cassandreia, in Macedonia. Date of birth and death unknown.]
Nothing is known of his life or death. He was an Athenian comic poet, of
“The New Comedy,” and his first dramas appeared B.C. 289. He was the
last, in order of time, of the six who are mentioned by the anonymous
writer on comedy, as the most celebrated poets of the New Comedy. He is
said to have written forty plays, of which little more than the titles
of eighteen are preserved. No accurate judgment can be formed of his
style; some of his subjects, judging from the titles, must have been
licentious.
[For account of this statue, see Handbook to Roman Court and Nave, No.
291.]