Introduction

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Argas the musician (PAA 160525; Stephanis 1988 #292), active in the first
half of the fourth century BC, in fr. 16.4 (from Herakles, perhaps before 375
BC) and fr. 42.17 (from Prdtesilaos, mid to late 370s BC?).
Callistratus son Callistratus of the deme Aphidna (PA 8157 [with suppl.]
= 8129 = 8130; PAA 561575), active in Athenian politics from at least 392/1
BC until the 360s BC, at fr. 41.3 (from Prdtesilaus, mid to late 370s BC?).
The well-oiled but otherwise unknown Democles (PA 3485; PAA 315565),
at fr. 35.5 (from Odysseus, between 374 and either 365 or 357 BC)
Euripides the drunk (PAA 444547), known only from the fragments quoted
at Ath. 11.482c-d, in fr. 33.3 (from the undated Nereides).
Iphicrates son of Timotheus of the deme Rhamnous (PA 7737; PAA 542925),
active in Athenian politics from at least 393/2 BC until shortly before his
death in 352 BC, at fr. 42.3 (from Prdtesilaos, mid to late 370s BC?).
The otherwise unknown Cephisodotus of Acharnae the kitharistes (Steph-
anis 1988 #1393; PA 8326; PAA 567705), at fr. 42.17-18 (from Prdtesilaos,
mid to late 370s BC?).
Cotys, king of Thrace ca. 384-359 BC (PAA 583219), at fr. 42.12 (from
Prdtesilaos, mid to late 370s BC?).
The Corinthian hetaira Lagiske, a contemporary of Lais ‘the younger’ and
Anteia, and thus presumably active in the early fourth century BC, at fr. 9.4
(from the undated Gerontomanid).
The Corinthian hetaira Lais (‘the younger’), active in the early fourth cen-
tury BC, at fr. 9.1 (from the undated Gerontomanid).
Melanopus (PA 9788; PAA 638765), active in Athenian politics from at least
372/1 BCE until perhaps as late as 355/4 BC, at fr. 41.2 (from Prdtesilaus,
mid to late 370s BC?).
The Corinthian hetaira Okimon, a contemporary of Lais ‘the younger’ and
thus presumably active in the early fourth century BC, at fr. 9.6 (from the
undated Gerontomanid).
Peron the perfume-seller (PAA 772900), active in the first half of the fourth
century BC, at fr. 41.1 (from Prdtesilaus, mid to late 370s BC?).
Plato the philosopher (PA 11855; PAA 775000), ca. 429-347 BC, in fr. 20
(from the undated Theseus).
The handsome Polyeuctus (PAA 778017), in fr. 46.3 (from Tereus, undated).
The Corinthian hetaira Theolyte, undated but generally taken to be another
contemporary of Lais, Anteia, and Lagiske, at fr. 9.5 (from the undated
Gerontomanid).
Timotheus of Miletus (PAA 886670) the dithyrambic poet, active in Athens
from ca. 420-360 BC, in fr. 6.3 (from the otherwise undated Aischra).