Pratinas

Pratinas in Wikipedia

Pratinas (Greek: Πρατίνας) was one of the earliest tragic poets of Athens, he was a native of Phlius in Peloponnesus. About 500 BC he competed with Choerilus and Aeschylus, when the latter made his first appearance as a writer for the stage. Pratinas was also the introducer of satyr plays as a species of entertainment distinct from tragedy, in whi...

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