Phrynichos

Japanese: フリュニコス（英語表記）Phrynichos

A Greek comic playwright of the 5th century BC. He is often mentioned as a rival of Aristophanes, but only fragments of his works have been handed down. The protagonist of Monotropos is an extreme misanthrope, and his characterization may have been a precursor to the New Comedy of Menander and others. Kōmastai (The Guests at a Revel) deals with the incident involving Alcibiades and others in 415 BC, and it is a pity that it is not passed down today. In Mūsai (The Muses), shortly after Sophocles' death in 406 BC, the muses appear as a chorus, mourning the death of the great tragedian. Didymus, a great scholar of the Roman Empire, is said to have written a commentary on it, but this has also not been handed down.

Phrynicus
Phrynichos

A Greek tragic poet active in Athens around 500 B.C., he is one of the founders of tragedy along with Thespis. His most famous work is "Phoinissai" (The Phoenician Women).

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Japanese:

前5世紀のギリシアの喜劇作家。アリストファネスのライバルとしてしばしば言及されているが，作品は断片的に伝わるのみである。『一徹屋』 Monotroposの主人公は大の人間嫌いであるが，その性格設定はメナンドロスら新喜劇の先駆をなすものであったかもしれない。『酒宴の客たち』 Kōmastaiは，前 415年のアルキビアデスらの事件を扱ったものであり，今日これが伝わらないことは惜しまれる。『詩女神たち』 Mūsaiでは前 406年ソフォクレスの死の直後，大悲劇作者の死をいたむミューズらがコロスとして登場している。ローマ帝政期の大学者ディデュモスが注釈書を著わしたといわれるが，これも伝わっていない。