DIPHILUS


Meaning of DIPHILUS in English

born 4th century BC, , Athens died , Smyrna? [now Izmir, Turkey] Greek poet of the nonpolitical and realistic Athenian school of New Comedy, the ancestor of the modern comedy of manners. Diphilus lived and worked at Athens and was an elder contemporary of the dramatist Menander. His work, of which about 60 titles are known, survives in Greek fragments and in Latin adaptations by the two masters of classical Roman drama, Plautus (in Casina and Rudens) and Terence (in Adelphi). Diphilus seems to have remained more faithful than Menander to the Middle Comedy tradition and to have excelled in scenes of action and spectacle; his style is especially marked by its vivid imagery.

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