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Patrocles of Athens and Patrocles of Thurii

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2018

Martin Cropp  and
Ian Storey
Martin Cropp
Affiliation:
University of Calgary and Trent University*
Ian Storey
Affiliation:
University of Calgary and Trent University*
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Abstract

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The Patrocles mocked as an unwashed miser in Aristophanes Wealth 83–85 has been wrongly identified as a tragic poet (TrGF no. 57). This note explains the error and discusses some possible identifications of Aristophanes’ Patrocles.

Keywords

PatroclestragediansAristophanes’ WealthAristophanes scholiaAthenian prosopography
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Hellenic Studies , Volume 138 , 2018 , pp. 50 - 54
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 2018 

Footnotes

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mcropp@ucalgary.ca and istorey@trentu.ca. Our thanks to JHS's referees for their helpful comments and corrections.