THE COMEDIANS WHO SUCCEEDED ARISTOPHANES. 197 preceding. 7. Nicostratus. 8. Philet^rus. 9. Amphis. 10. Anaxilas. 11. Ephippus. 12. Cratixus, the younger. 13. EpictEnes. 14. Aristophon. 15. Ophelion. 16. Anti- DOTUS. 17. DiODORUS of Sinope. 18. Dionysius, a coiintiyman of the preceding. 19. Hexiochus. 20. Eriphus. 21. Simylus. 22. Sophilus. 23. Sotades. 24. Philiscus. 25. Timotheus. 26. Theophilus. 27. Augeas. 28. Dromox. 29. Eubulides, the philosopher. 30. Heracleides. 31. Callicrates. 32. Stra- Tox. 33. Epicrates, of Ambracia. 34. Axioxicus. 35. Mxesi- machus. 36. TiMocLES. 37. Xenarchus. The anonymous grammarian, who is our oldest authority for the history of the Greek comic stage, says that there were sixty-fom' writers of New Comedy ^ But we have only the follow- ing twenty-seven names which we can with certainty assign to this age of the drama. They are given in alphabetical order: AXAXIPPUS, Apollodorus of Carystus, Apollodorus of Gela, Archedicus, Batho, Crito, Damoxexus, Demetrius, Diphilus, Epixicus, Eudoxus, Euphrox, Hegesippus, Hipparchus, Lyx- GEUS, Machox, Mexaxder, Philemox and his son, Philippides, Phcenicides, Poseidippus, Sosipater, Sosippus, Stephaxus, Theognetus. Other names are occasionally mentioned, though it cannot be determined whether they belonged to the Middle Comedy or not. Thus we have Demophilus, from whom Plautus derived some of his plots ; Clearchus and Crotylus, to each of whom three Comedies are assigned; Charicleides, Callippus, Demoxicus, Dexicrates, Eyaxgelus, Laox, Mexecrates, Nausicrates, who has two comedies assigned to him, NicON, NicOLAUS, Nicomachus, Philostephaxus, Poliochus, Sosicrates, two of whose plays are mentioned, Thugexides, Timostratus, to whom four comedies are attributed, and Xexon. In these lists of writers of the Middle and New Comedy there are only a few who deserve or require any special notice. Of the authors of the Middle Comedy we may mention the following : It appears from the words of Suidas^, that Eubulus, the son of Euphranor, who was an Athenian, and flourished about the year 1 Trept Kio/xuidias, XXX. 20, p. 537, Meineke. EiJ^ouXos — eStSa^e Spafxara p5' tjv 5e Kara pa' 6vp.7rtdda, /ledopios tt}? fJLea-rji KUfJLi^dias Kai tt)? veas.
