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-250–-250 · ancient Greek poet
Also known as: Heroidas, Herondas, Герод, 헤로다스, ヘーローンダース, 赫罗达斯
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Theocritus-400–-259ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetHellenistic poet whose urban mimes (e.g. Idyll 15) share Herodas's realistic dialogue sketches of everyday life. (AI reason)
Callimachus-305–-239ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetHellenistic poet whose Iambi revive Hipponactean choliambics with learned wit. (AI reason)
Menander-340–-290ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetNew Comedy of stock characters and domestic realism parallels Herodas's types and situations. (AI reason)
- Babrius100–200ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yet
Wrote fables in choliambic verse with lively, colloquial narration. (AI reason)
Lucian of Samosata120–180ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetSatirical dialogues such as Dialogues of the Courtesans offer witty, earthy character sketches. (AI reason)
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Petronius27–66ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetSatyricon presents bawdy, realistic low-life scenes with sharp comic characterization. (AI reason)
Theophrastus-370–-286ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetThe Characters offers terse comic portraits of human types similar to Herodas's figures. (AI reason)
Aristophanes-444–-384ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetBawdy, colloquial comic drama with frank depictions of ordinary Greek life. (AI reason)
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- Mimiambi
- [Hērōdou Mimiamboi
- Herodes, Cercidas and the Greek choliambic poets (except Callimachus and Babrius)
- Mimes
- The Mimes of Herondas