Anaxippus
Athenian poet of New Comedy
About Anaxippus
Anaxippus was a Greek comedy writer.
Anaxippus was an Athenian comic poet of the New Comedy, who was contemporary with Antigonus and Demetrius Poliorcetes, and flourished about 303 BC. We have the titles of four of his plays, and perhaps of one more.
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Who was Anaxippus?
Athenian poet of New Comedy
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Anaxippus was born in Athens.
What was Anaxippus's occupation?
Anaxippus was a comedy writer.
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Anaxippus was Greek.
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