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Epicharmus
Epicharmus
c. 540 BCE–c. 450 BCE · Syracuse (Sicily)
Epicharmus of Syracuse (active early 5th century BCE) was a Greek comic poet of Sicily, regarded by ancient tradition as one of the earliest writers of comedy. Only fragments of his plays survive, treating mythological and everyday themes, and some philosophical sayings were also attributed to him in antiquity. His exact dates and the authenticity of some attributed works are uncertain.
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About Syracuse (Sicily)
Syracuse is a city on the southeastern coast of Sicily, Italy. Founded by colonists from Corinth around 733 BCE it became one of the largest cities of the Greek world, resisting both Athens and Carthage. Plato visited three times, hoping to influence its rulers Dionysius I and II, and the comic poet Epicharmus and the pastoral poet Theocritus are associated with it. The mathematician Archimedes was killed when Rome took the city in 212 BCE, after which it became the capital of Roman Sicily. According to the Book of Acts, Paul stayed there for three days, and its early Christian catacombs survive. It was briefly the Byzantine capital (663-668) before the Arab conquest of 878.
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