Sophron Of Syracuse

Sophron Of Syracuse

▪ Greek author

flourished c. 430 BC

      author of rhythmical prose mimes in the Doric dialect. Although the mimes survive mostly in fragments of only a few words, it can be seen from their titles—e.g., The Tunny-fisher, The Sempstress, etc.—that they depicted scenes from daily life. One longer fragment deals with a magical ceremony. Plato thought highly of Sophron, who had some influence on Theocritus and also on Herodas.

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