Athenion (actor)
Athenion (Ancient Greek: Ἀθηνίων) or Athenio was involved in the theatre of 1st-century BC Greco-Roman world.
He is often described as a tragic poet. He lived around the middle of the 1st century BCE, and was the instructor of Leonteus of Argos, who is also often described as a tragic poet.[1]
Some scholars dispute this reading of the ancient texts and contend that both Athenion and his pupil were tragic actors only, and did not write plays.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Garton, Charles (1972). Personal Aspects Of Roman Theatre. Dundurn Press. pp. 271, 277. ISBN 9780888665188. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ Page, Denys L. (1981). Further Greek Epigrams. Cambridge University Press. p. 65. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Greenhill, William Alexander (1870). "Athenion (3)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 403.