(Ἕρμιππος; Hérmippos).
[1] Poet of the Old Comedy, 5th cent. BC
Writer of Attic Old Comedy, brother of the comedian Myrtilus. Active probably around 440 BC: a Dionysian victory is attested for 435 BC [1. test. 3], on the epigraphical list of Dionysian victors H. ranks after Pherecrates and before Aristophanes [1] and Eupolis [1. test. 4], and on the list of Lenaean victors after Cratinus and Pherecrates an…