Comic poet of the late 5th and early 4th cent. BC; won four victories at the Lenaea [1. test. 2]. 13 frr. and five titles survive. Four of them are mythological (Ἀφροδίτης γοναί/Aphrodítēs gonaí, 'The Birth of Aphrodite'; Δημοτυνδάρεως/Dēmotyndáreōs, Διονύσου γοναί/Dionýsou gonaí, 'The Birth of Dionysus'; Μουσῶν γοναί/Mousôn gonaí, 'The Birth of the Muses'); he evidently favoured comedic presenta…
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Bäbler, Balbina (Göttingen) and
Meister, Klaus (Berlin),
“Polyzelus”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
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