Apollodorus of Carystus

Carystus

Carystus ; was an ancient city-state on Euboea. In the Iliad it is controlled by the Abantes. By the time of Thucydides it was inhabited by Dryopians.- Persian War :...

in Euboea

Euboea

Euboea is the second largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. The narrow Euripus Strait separates it from Boeotia in mainland Greece. In general outline it is a long and narrow, seahorse-shaped island; it is about long, and varies in breadth from to...

, was one of the most important writers of the Attic New Comedy, who flourished in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

 between 300 and 260 B.C. He is to be distinguished from the older Apollodorus of Gela (342—290), also a writer of comedy, a contemporary of Menander

Menander

Menander , Greek dramatist, the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy, was the son of well-to-do parents; his father Diopeithes is identified by some with the Athenian general and governor of the Thracian Chersonese known from the speech of Demosthenes De Chersoneso...

. He wrote 47 comedies and obtained the prize five times. Terence

Terence

Publius Terentius Afer , better known in English as Terence, was a playwright of the Roman Republic, of North African descent. His comedies were performed for the first time around 170–160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him and later on,...

 borrowed his Hecyra and Phormio from the ῾Εκυρά and ᾽Επιδικαζόμενος of Apollodorus.

Surviving Titles And Fragments

Amphiareus ("Amphiaraus Amphiaraus In Greek mythology, Amphiaraus was the son of Oecles and Hypermnestra, and husband of Eriphyle. Amphiaraus was the King of Argos along with Adrastus— the brother of Amphiaraus' wife, Eriphyle— and Iphis. Amphiaraus was a seer, and greatly honored in his time... ") Anteuergeton ("Man Who Returns a Kindness") Apokarterountes ("People Starving Themselves to Death") Apoleipousa ("The Woman Who Leaves") Grammateidiopoios ("Maker of Writing Tablets") Diabolos ("The Accuser")

Hekyra ("The Mother-In-Law") Ennea ("Nine") Epidikazomenos ("The Claimant") Hiereia ("The Priestess") Proikizomene ("The Woman with a Dowry Dowry A dowry is the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings forth to the marriage. It contrasts with bride price, which is paid to the bride's parents, and dower, which is property settled on the bride herself by the groom at the time of marriage. The same culture may simultaneously practice both... ") or Himatiopolis ("The Female Clothes-Seller") Sphattomene ("The Woman Being Slaughtered")

In addition to these plays, there are nine other titles (and associated fragments) which are only credited to "Apollodorus" by the ancient authorities, without specifying whether they were written by Apollodorus of Carystus

Apollodorus of Carystus

Apollodorus of Carystus in Euboea, was one of the most important writers of the Attic New Comedy, who flourished in Athens between 300 and 260 B.C. He is to be distinguished from the older Apollodorus of Gela , also a writer of comedy, a contemporary of Menander. He wrote 47 comedies and obtained...

 or Apollodorus of Gela. They are as follows:

Adelphoi ("Brothers") Aphanizomenos ("The Disappearing Man") Galatai ("The Galatians") Diamartanon ("The Man Who Is Failing Utterly") Kitharodos ("The Citharode")

Lakaina ("The Laconian Woman") Paidion ("The Little Child") Paralogizomenoi ("The Beguiling Men") Synepheboi ("People Who Were Adolescents Together")

Fragments in Koch, Comicorum Atticorum Fragmenta, ii. (1884)