Timocles

Timocles (Ancient Greek: Τιμοκλῆς, fl. c. 345 BC – c. 317 BC) was one of the last Athenian comic poets of the Middle Comedy, although Pollux listed him among the writers of New Comedy. He is known to have won first prize at the Lenaea once, between 330 and 320 BC. The Suda claims that there were two comic poets of this name, but modern scholars equate the two. Unlike most Middle Comedy plays, his works featured a good deal of personal ridicule of public figures, especially orators like Demosthenes and Hyperides.

At least 26, and possibly 28, titles of Timocles' works survive.

• Egyptians
• The Bath-House
• The Farmer
• The Ring
• Delos, or the Man from Delos
• Public Satyrs
• Woman Celebrating the Dionysia
• Dionysus
• Little Dragon
• Letters
• Rejoicing at Another's Misfortune
• Heroes
• Icarians, or Satyrs
• Men from Caunos
• The Centaur, or Dexamenus
• Conisalus
• Forgetfulness
• Men From Marathon
• Neaira
• Orestautocleides
• The Busybody
• The Man from Pontus
• Porphyra
• The Boxer
• Sappho
• Co-Workers
• Philodicastes
• The False-Robbers

Works cited

• Constantinides, Elizabeth (1969). "Timocles' Ikarioi Satyroi: A Reconsideration". Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. 100: 49–61. doi:10.2307/2935900. JSTOR 2935900.
• Dover, K. J. "Timocles". Oxford Classical Dictionary (4th ed.).