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Astudamas
Adler number: alpha,4264
Translated headword: Astydamas, Astudamas
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [
Astydamas] the elder, son of Morsimus the son of
Philocles, both tragic poets; an Athenian, a tragic poet. He wrote 240 tragedies and won with 15. He was a pupil of
Isocrates[1] and turned to tragedy.
Astudamas, ho presbutês, huios Morsimou tou Philokleous, tragikôn amphoterôn, Athênaios, tragikos. egrapse tragôidias sm#, enikêse ie#. akroasamenos de ên Isokratous kai etrapê epi tragôidian.
Notes:
C4 BCE. See OCD(4) s.v. (p.191) for both this man and his son (
alpha 4265) of the same name -- to whom, in fact, the second sentence here is thought to apply. See also
sigma 161 for an anecdote relating to one of these two.
[1] See generally
iota 652.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 6 January 2002@23:21:09.
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