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RHINTHON (c. 323285 B.C.) , Greek dramatist, son of a potter. He was probably a native of Syracuse and after-wards settled at Tarentum. He invented the hilarotragoedia, a burlesque of tragic subjects. Such travesties were also called phlyaces(" fooleries ") and their writers phlyacographi. He was the author of thirty-eight plays, of which only a few titles (Amphitryon
licence is allowed. The Amphitruo of Plautus , although probably imitated from a different writer (Archippus of the Middle Comedy), may be taken as a specimen of the manner in which such subjects were treated. There is no doubt that the hilarotragoedia exercised considerable influence on Latin comedy, the Rhinthonica (i.e. fabula) being mentioned by various authorities amongst other kinds of drama known to the Romans. Scenes from these travesties are probably represented in certain vase paintings from Lower
Fragments in monograph by E. Volker ( Leipzig
Breslau , 1875) ; W. Christ, Geschichte der griechischen Litteratur (1898).End of Article: RHINTHON (c. 323285 B.C.) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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