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Commentary
Testimonia
test. 1
Sud. τ 623
Τιμοκλής, Αθηναίος, κωμικός, τών δραμάτων αύτοϋ έστι Δημοσάτυροι,
Κένταυρος, Καύνιοι,Έπιστολαί,Έπιχαιρέκακος, Φιλοδικαστής, Πύκτης· ως φησιν
Άθήναιος έν Δειπνοσοφισταϊς.
Timocles, an Athenian, a comic poet. Among his plays were Demosatyroi,
Kentauros, Kaunioi, Epistolai, Epichairekakos, Philodikastes and Pyktes, as
Athenaeus says in his Deipnosophists.
Sud. τ 624
Τιμοκλής έτερος, και αυτός κωμικός, τών δραμάτων αύτοϋ έστι Διονυσιάζουσαι,
Πολυπράγμων,Ίκάριοι, Δήλος, Λήθη, Διόνυσος, Κονίσαλος, Πορφύρα (ήτις και
δοκεϊ Ξενάρχου είναι),Ήρωες, Δρακόντιον, Νέαιρα (έταίρας δε όνομά έστιν
ή Νέαιρα), Όρέστης, Μαραθώνιοι, ταΰτα Άθήναιος λέγει έν τοϊς βιβλίοις τών
Δειπνοσοφιστών. είσ'ι δε και άλλα.
Another Timocles, also a comic poet. Among his plays were Dionysiazousai,
Polypragmon, Ikarioi, Delos, Lethe, Dionysos, Konisalos, Porphyra (which also
seems to be a play by Xenarchus), Heroes, Drakontion, Neaira (Neaera is the
name of a courtesan), Orestes, Marathonioi. Athenaeus mentions these plays in
his Deipnosophists. There are also others.
Discussion Wagner 1905, 56-66; Bevilacqua 1939, 25-7; PCG VII (1989) 754;
Lorenzoni 2012, 281-308; Orth HGL (2014) 1042-3.
Interpretation Normally in Suda Αθηναίος means “Athenian citizen”, not “poeta
Atticus”; cf. Wagner 1905, 41; Bagordo 2013, 33 (on Telecl. test. 1). The wording
τών δραμάτων αύτοϋ έστιν, which occurs in both entries, is typical in Suda, and
introduces lists of plays. The genitive indicates that the following list includes
only a part of his dramatic production. According to Wagner 1905, 50-51, this
particular wording indicates that there is no direct dependence on Hesychius, in
contradistinction to the wording τών δραμάτων αύτοϋ, which always derives from
Hesychius’ epitome. This assumption of independence seems to be supported by
the fact that the titles in both entries are not in alphabetical order. It is almost
certain that both catalogues derive from Athenaeus, and reflect, with slight diver-
gences, the order in which they are mentioned in this author.27

27 Test. 1: Δημοσάτυροι (Ath. 4.165f), Κένταυρος (Ath. 6.240d), Καύνιοι (Ath. 6.240d-e),
Έπιστολαί (Ath. 6.243b and 6.240ε-£),Έπιχαιρέκακος (Ath. 6.241a), Φιλοδικαστής (Ath.
6.245a), Πύκτης (Ath. 6.246f). Test. 2: Διονυσιάζουσαι (Ath. 6.223b), Πολυπράγμων