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Autocrates

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Autocrates(Ancient Greek:Αὐτοκράτης) was anAncient Athenianpoetof theold comedy.One of his plays is mentioned bySuidasandAelian.[1]He also wrote severaltragedies.[2]

The Autocrates quoted byAthenaeus[3]seems to have been a different person.

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^V. H. xii. 9.(cited inSmith)
  2. ^Suda. (cited inSmith)
  3. ^ix. p. 395 and xi. p. 460 (cited inSmith)

References[edit]

This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Smith, William,ed. (1870)."Autocrates".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.p. 446.