Sositheus
Illustration — Portrait of Sositheus made in 1818 Sositheus (Ancient Greek: Σωσίθεος, c. 280 BC), a Greek tragic poet from Alexandria Troas, was a member of the Alexandrian "pleiad". He must have resided at some time in Athens, since Diogenes Laërtius tells us that he attacked the Stoic Cleanthes on the stage, and was hissed off by the audience.
Sositheus
Giuseppe Emanuele Ortolani · Biografia degli uomini illustri della Sicilia, ornata de' loro rispettivi ritratti · Public domain
- Born
- 300 · Alexandria Troas.
- Died
- 300
- Nationality
- Classical Athens
- Occupation
- tragedy writer · poet
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Illustration — Portrait of Sositheus made in 1818 Sositheus (Ancient Greek: Σωσίθεος, c. 280 BC), a Greek tragic poet from Alexandria Troas, was a member of the Alexandrian "pleiad". He must have resided at some time in Athens, since Diogenes Laërtius tells us that he attacked the Stoic Cleanthes on the stage, and was hissed off by the audience.
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Born at Alexandria Troas in 300, died in 300.
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