Hippōnax (English spelling) Hipponax

Japanese: Hippōnax(英語表記)Hipponax
Hippōnax (English spelling) Hipponax

…Years of birth and death unknown. His “mimos” are mainly comical scenes from the daily life of the urban lower classes, arranged in the rhythm of satirical poetry, and are called “mimiambos” because they show the influence of both the prose “mimos” of Sophron and the “iambos” poems of Hipponax. Some of his works are set on the island of Kos, so it is assumed that he had a connection to the island, but nothing about his life is known. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Hippōnax" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…生没年不詳。彼の〈ミモス〉は,おもに都市下層民の日常生活の滑稽な断面を風刺詩の韻律に乗せて朗唱用の科白劇に仕立てたもので,ソフロンSōphrōnの散文による〈ミモス〉とヒッポナクスHippōnaxの〈イアンボス〉詩の双方の影響が認められるところから,特に〈ミミアンボスmimiambos〉と称される。若干の作品の舞台がコス島と特定されるため,コス島に縁があったことが推定されているが,生涯についてはまったく不明である。…

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