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Antiphanes (comic poet)

Antiphanes was a playwright of Middle Comedy. According to Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, he is regarded as one of the most important writers of Middle Comedy alongside Alexis.

Surviving titles and fragments
Adelphai ("Sisters") • AdonisAgroikos ("The Country-Dweller") • AkestriaAkontizomene ("Woman Shot With an Arrow") • Aleiptria ("The Female Oiler, or Masseuse") • Alkestis ("Alcestis") • Antaios ("Antaeus") • AnteiaAnasozomenoi ("The Rescued Men") • Aphrodites Gonai ("Aphrodite's Birth" ) • ArchestrateArchonArgyriou Aphanismos ("Disappearance of Money") • Arkas ("Man from Arcadia") • Arpazomene ("The Seized, or Captured, Woman") • Asklepios ("Asclepius") • Asotoi ("Debauched Men") • Auletes ("Male Flute-Player") • Auletris ("Female Flute-Player"), or Didymai ("Twin Sisters") • Autou EronBakchai ("Bacchae") • BatalosBoiotis ("The Woman From Boeotia") • BombyliosBousiris ("Busiris") • BoutalionByzantios ("The Man From Byzantium") • CyclopsChrysisGamos ("Marriage") • Ganymedes ("Ganymede") • Glaukos ("Glaucus") • GorgythosDiplasia ("Female Double") • Dodonis ("The Woman From Dodona") • Drapetagogos ("Catcher of Runaway Slaves") • Dyserotes ("People With Disastrous Love-Lives") • Dyspratos ("The Hard-To-Sell Slave") • Ephesia ("The Woman From Ephesus") • Epidaurios ("The Man From Epidaurus") • Epikleros ("The Heiress") • Euploia ("A Pleasant Voyage") • EuthydikosHalieuomene ("Woman Caught Like A Fish") • Heniochos ("The Charioteer") • Hippeis ("Knights") • Homoioi ("People Who Resemble Each Other") • Homonymoi ("People With The Same Name") • Homopatrioi ("People With The Same Father") • Hydria ("The Water-Pitcher") • Hypnos ("Sleep") • Iatros ("The Physician") • Kaineus ("Caeneus") • Kares ("Men From Caria") • Karine ("The Woman From Caria") • Kepouros ("The Gardener") • Kitharistes ("The Harpist") • Kitharodos ("The Citharode") • KleophanesKnapheus ("The Fuller") • Knoithideus, or Gastron ("Glutton") • Korinthia ("The Woman From Corinth") • Koroplathos ("Modeller of Clay Figures") • KorykosKouris ("The Female Hair-Dresser") • Kybeutai ("Dice-Players") • Lampas ("The Torch") • LamponLemniai ("Women From Lemnos") • LeonidesLeptiniskosLeukadios ("The Man From Leucas") • Lydos ("The Man From Lydia") • Medeia ("Medea") • MelanionMeleagros ("Meleager") • Melitta ("The Bee") • Metoikos ("Resident Alien") • Metragyrtes ("Beggar-Priest of Cybele") • MetrophonMidonMinos ("Minos") • Misoponeros ("Hater of Wickedness") • Mnemata ("The Tombs") • Moichoi ("Adulterers") • Mylon ("The Mill") • Mystis ("Woman Initiated Into the Mysteries") • ObrimosOinomaos, or PelopsOionistes ("The Omen-Reader") • Omphale ("Omphale") • Orpheus ("Orpheus") • Paiderastes ("The Pederast") • Parasitos ("The Parasite") • Paroimiai ("Proverbs") • Phaon ("Phaon") • Philetairos ("Philetaerus") • Philoktetes ("Philoctetes") • Philometor ("Mother-Lover") • Philopator ("Father-Lover") • PhilotisPhrearrhiosPlousioi ("Rich Men") • Poiesis ("Poetry") • Pontikos ("Man From Pontus") • Probateus ("The Sheep-Rancher") • Problema ("Problem," or "Riddle") • Progonoi ("Ancestors") • PyraunosSapphoSkleriai ("Difficulties," or "Hardships") • Skythai ("Scythians"), or Tauroi ("Bulls") • Stratiotes ("The Soldier"), or TychonThamyrasTheogonyTimonTraumatias ("The Wounded Man") • TritagonistesTyrrhenusZakynthios ("The Man From Zakynthos") • Zographos ("The Painter") ==Notes==
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