Cleophon (poet)

Cleophon (Greek: Kλεoφῶν, Kleophōn) was an Athenian tragic poet who flourished in the 4th century BC. The titles of ten of his plays are given by the Suda, but none are extant today. These are:

Acteon

Amphiaraos

Achilles

The Bacchantes

Dexamenos

Erigone

Thyestes

Leukippos

Persis

Telephos

He is referred to by Aristotle in Poetics and Rhetoric.

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