(Ῥίνθων/Rhínthōn). Poet, composer of literary Phlyakes plays (of which he is said to have written 38 [1. test. 2 and 3]), from Syracuse [1. test. 1], active at Tarentum [1. test. 2 and 3] in the reign of Ptolemy I (Ptolemaeus [1]) (322-283 BC, reigned from 305). Of nine surviving titles, eight are identifiable as parodies of tragedies by Euripides [1]: Ἀμφιτρύων/ Amphitryon , Ἡρακλῆς/ Heracles , Ἰφιγένεια ἁ ἐν Αὐλίδι/Iphigeneia at Aulis, Ἰφιγένεια ἁ ἐν Ταύροις/Iphigeneia among the Taurians, Δοῦλος Μελέαγρος/Meleager the Slave, Μήδεια/ Medea , Ὀρέστας/ Orestes , Τήλεφο…
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Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther (Göttingen), “Rhinthon”, 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 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1022500>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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