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Hegemon
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(Ἡγέμων; Hēgémōn).

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[1] Of Thasos, poet of Comedies, first professional parodist, 5th cent. BC

of Thasos. Poet of the Old Comedy (preserved is a fragment of the Philínna, cf. PCG V 547) and first professional parodist (παρῳδός/parōidós, Aristot. Poet. 1448a 12f.). Parodizing literature became a literary genre through him, a funny appendix at the rhapsode games, similar to the satyr play at the tragedy agons (cf. [1]). In the…

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Montanari, Ornella (Bologna) and Albiani, Maria Grazia (Bologna), “Hegemon”, 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. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e504950>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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