Sannyrion
Sannyrion () was an Athenian comic poet of the late 5th century BC, and a contemporary of Diocles and Philyllius, according to the Suda. He belonged to the later years of Old Comedy and the start of Middle Comedy. Hegelochus. Sannyrion mocked the pronunciation of Hegelochus (Ἡγέλοχος), the actor in Euripides' play , which was performed in 408 BC. In line 279 of the play, instead of "after the storm I see again a calm sea" (, ), Hegelochus recited "after the storm I see again a weasel" (, ). In the nominative, the adjective forms that give "calm sea" are (), and "weasel" is either  or (). The accusative of is (), and the accusative plural of is (), which, after apocope, results in . Hegelochus' mistake was to use a rising-falling tone instead of a rising tone. This error was also ridiculed in Aristophanes' "The Frogs". The actor is also lampooned by Strattis in his () and (), as well as by Aristophanes in his , where he, Meletus, and Cinesias are chosen as ambassadors from the poets to the shades below because they are so skinny. His career, from this point on, was ruined, and he never acted again. Works. Sannyrion wrote the following works.