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SOPHRON , of Syracuse, writer of mimes, flourished about 430 B.C. He was the author of prose
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pillow . Some idea of their general character may be gathered from the 2nd and 15th idylls of Theocritus, which are said to have been imitated from the 'AitOrptai and 'IaO tt6. ovoai of his Syracusan predecessor. Their influence is also to be traced in the satires of Persius. The fragments will be found in H. L. Ahrens 's De graecae linguae dialectis (1843), ii. (app.). Latest edition by C. J. Botzon (1867); see also his De Sophrone et Xenarcho mimographis (1856).End of Article: SOPHRON If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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