Amphis

Amphis in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

Amphis (Ἄμφις). A Greek comic poet of Athens, contemporary with Plato. His works are lost (Ath. 1.8 foll., Mein.)....

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Amphis in Wikipedia

Amphis was an Athenian Comic poet of uncertain origin from approximately the 4th century BC. Pollux [1] seems to refer to Amphis as a Middle Comic poet, and Amphis' own repeated references to the philosopher Plato[2] place him in the early to mid-4th century BCE. His name is not Athenian, and he was probably from the island of Andros (thus Kirchne...

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