Chionides

Chionides(Greek:Χιονίδης or Χιωνίδης) anAtheniancomic poetof the 5th century BC, contemporary ofMagnes.TheSudasays that Chionides flourished eight years before theGreco-Persian Wars,that is, 487 BC. ButAugustus Meinekethinks that Chionides flourished no earlier than 460 BC. In confirmation of this date he quotes fromAthenaeus,who quoted a fragment of Chionides' Πτωχοί (Beggars), which mentionsGnesippus,a poet contemporary withCratinus.Aristotle also notes that Chionides "lived long after Epicharmus". But Athenaeus also noted that some critics at the time regarded Chionides' Πτωχοί as spurious. Similarly, some scholars (e.g.Heinrich Ritter) strongly argue against the genuineness of Aristotle's observations.

Titles of his comedies:

• Ἥρωες (Heroes), The Heroes
• Πτωχοί (Ptochoi), Poor People, or Beggars
• Πέρσαι (Persai), The Persians, or Ἁσσυριοι (Assyrioi), The Assyrians

Fragments

• Theodor Kock.Comicorum Atticorum fragmenta,i. (1880).
• Augustus Meineke.Potarum Graecorum comicorum fragmenta,(1855).
• Rudolf Kassel, Colin Austin.Poetae comici GraeciVolume 4. (1983)

References

• ChionidesDictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
• Chionidestheatrehistory
• ChionidesAncient Theatre Database
• This article paraphrased from an article inChionidesDictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.