Pherecrates (English, name)
expansion: Pherecrates
Senses:
glosses: A celebrated Athenian poet of the Old Comedy, living in the fifth century BCE (born after Crates and Cratinus but before Aristophanes, Eupolis, and Plato Comicus – so between c. 519 and c. 446 BCE), victorious at least thrice at the City Dionysia and the Lenaia in the 440s–430s, and inventor of the Pherecratean metre.
Forms:
form: Pherecr.
tags: alternative
abbreviation
raw_tags: used in bibliography and lexicography