Epicharmus

Proper noun

Meaning

Epicharmus

comic playwright and moralist from Kos (c. 530 – 450 BCE)

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Burkert 1992:121 Epicharmus of Kos and Phormis are reported as having been among the first to invent comic fables. Source: Internet

Significant references in the dialogue In this dialogue, Socrates refers to Epicharmus of Kos as "the prince of Comedy" and Homer as "the prince of Tragedy", and both as "great masters of either kind of poetry". Source: Internet

This is significant because it is one of the very few extant references in greater antiquity (Fourth century BC) to Epicharmus and his work. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

epicentre epicerastic epichaperome epicheirema epichirema epichloid