Cratinus, d. ca. 420 B.C.
- Textgroups:
- tlg0434
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.419
- Tlg id:
- tlg0434
- Alt id:
- LCCN n 87874644
- Name:
- Cratinus, d. ca. 420 B.C.
- Abbr:
- Cratin.
- Alt names:
- Κρατῖνος
Cratí, d'Atenes
Cratinus, the Elder
Cratinos
Kratinos
Cratino
Cratino
Cratinus, Comic.
Cratin. - Field of activity:
- Comic Poet
- Notes:
- Rosen, R.M. Old comedy and the iambographic tradition, c1988: CIP galley
(Cratinus
Greek comic poet)
LC manual cat. (hdg.: Cratinus, the elder)
Ency. Brit. micropaedia (Cratinus
d. c. 420 B.C.
Athenian poet)
Ency. Brit., 1972 (Cratinus
c. 495-c. 420 B.C.
Athenian writer of comedy
some authorities put his d. of b. much earlier)
Ency. Americana, 1975 (Cratinus
c. 510-c. 422 B.C.)
Collier'
s ency., 1973 (Cratinus)
Greek and Latin authors, 1980 (Cratinus
b. c. 510?)
Oxford classical dict., 1970 (Cratinus)
Hē Pytinē tou Kratinou, 1994: p. 8 (Kratinos
b. 520 B.C.
d. 423 B.C.)
Volpe e leone, 2006: t.p. (Cratino)
Old Comedy
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg. 110
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 1, 1867, p. 886-8: "Cratinus. 1. One of the most celebrated Athenian comic poets of the old comedy, the rise and complete perfection of which he witnessed during a life of 97 years..."
Brill's New Pauly: "The first appearance of C. is documented for the late 450s BC... his death probably occurred between 423 (Terminus post quem: his last piece, the Pytínē/‘The Bottle’
... and 421 (in Aristoph. Pax 700-703, he is allegedly dead ... he allegedly lived to be 94 years old ....". - Author info:
- Wikipedia
- Smith's Dictionary
- URN:
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001
- Word Count:
- 2424 Click here for Work record
- URN:
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg005
- Word Count:
- 7 Click here for Work record
- URN:
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg003
- Word Count:
- 151 Click here for Work record