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Thespis

  • Early Attic tragedian, earliest works likely produced in 530s BCE. All now fragmentary. Fragmentary tragedians are cited in MANTO according to the systems used in both Greek Fragmentary Tragedians Online and the Snell-Kannicht edition (TrGF vol 1). Where the same information is included in both fragments and testimonia, we prioritise citation of the fragment.
  • Author
    Thespis
    Source subtype
    Tragedy & Satyr
    Language
    Greek
    Period
    Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)
    Place of creation
    🌍 Athens (Attica)
    TLG canon
    0301
    Other identifier
    FragTrag 1 TrGF 1
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117176
    Wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thespis
    Mentions
    👤 Zeus (Olympian)  👤 Pan (god)  👤 Pentheus  ⏳ the Funeral Games of Pelias (Iolcos) 👤 Phorbas (Athenian I)
    Commentary
    Early Attic tragedian, earliest works likely produced in 530s BCE. All now fragmentary. Fragmentary tragedians are cited in MANTO according to the systems used in both Greek Fragmentary Tragedians Online and the Snell-Kannicht edition (TrGF vol 1). Where the same information is included in both fragments and testimonia, we prioritise citation of the fragment.
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