Pherecrates

Pherecrates was a writer (450–450). He was born at Athens.

Pherecrates in brief

Born
450
Died
450
Known for
writer
Place of birth
Athens
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Catalogued works

2 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.

Agrioi. Pherecratis et Eupolidis Fragmenta.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Pherecrates, Oxford Music Online, 2001. Pherecrates, Brill’s New Pauly. H20 Pherecrates fr.162, from Cheiron, Broken Laughter: Select Fragments of Greek Comedy. H10 Pherecrates fr.76, from Corianno, Broken Laughter: Select Fragments of Greek Comedy. PHERECRATES, Menecrates - Xenophon, 1989. I frammenti degli Agathoi di Ferecrate, o dei limiti della ricostruzione, Lexis, 2021.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (102122067). Those registers additionally record the forms Pherekrates, von Athen, Pherecrates, Pherekrates, Attischer Komödiendichter, Pherekrates, Dichter der Alten Komödie, Pherekrates, Komödiendichter, Ferecrate, Poeta della Commedia Antica and Pherecrates, Writer of Comedies.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Pherecratis et Eupolidis fragmenta collegit et adnotationem adiecit M. Runkelius (1829) — Internet Archive. Pherecratis et Eupolidis Fragmenta (1829) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 18 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 450Pherecrates born at Athens.
  2. 450Pherecrates died at Athens.
  3. 1829Pherecratis et Eupolidis fragmenta collegit et adnotationem adiecit M. Runkelius digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1829Pherecratis et Eupolidis Fragmenta digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Pherecrates”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1627567: Pherecrates

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