HISTORICAL GREECE-KRATINOS

Kratinos the Athenian                     Born: 519 BC    Died: 422 BC

Kratinos was one of the most important comedy writers of Ancient Greece.

He was a contemporary of  Aeschylos and Aristophanes.
He wrote 24 stories which were characterised by their very sharp scathing humour.
Participation in competitions:

425 BC     Cheimazomenoi        2nd prize               Aharneis ( by Aristophanes) joint 2nd 424 BC     Satyrs                       2nd prize               Ippeis (by Aristophanes)  1st
423 BC     Pytine                       1st prize                Nefele ( by Aristophanes) last

Diousalexandros, another of his plays,  was found in a papyrus in 1903.
The following are plays by Kratinos.

Archilochoi ("The Archilochuses") (c. 448 BC)

Boukoloi ("The Cow-Herds")

Bousiris ("Busiris")

Deliades ("Women From Delos")

Didaskaliai ("The Rehearsals")

Drapetides ("Female Runaways")

Empipramenoi ("Men On Fire") or Idaioi ("The Idaeans")

Euneidai ("Children of Euneus")

Thrattai ("Women From Thrace")

Kleoboulinai ("The Cleobulines")

Lakones ("The Laconians")

Malthakoi ("The Soft Ones")

Nemesis ("Nemesis")

Nomoi ("The Laws")

Odysseis ("The Odysseuses")

Panoptai ("The All-Seers")

Ploutoi ("The Gods of Wealth")

Pylaia ("The Meeting At Pylae")

Satyroi ("Satyrs"), won 2nd prize at the Lenaea of 424 BC^[5]

Seriphioi ("Men From Seriphus")

Trophonios ("Trophonius")

Cheimazomenoi ("Storm-Tossed Men"), won 2nd prize at Lenaea of 425 BC^[6]

Cheirones ("The Chirons")

Horai ("The Hours")

From Wikipaedia.

Kratinos was awarded nine times for his plays. His numerous work fragments were saved by Ancient biologist Atheneos.
His scathing humour was impetuous and prominent. He is said to have been initiated in Orphism and was a follower of Bacchus.
Kratinos belonged to the Oeneis tribe, one of the ten tribes of Ancient Athens.
 
He is referred to by proponents of the Erasmian theory of Ancient Greek  pronunciation. For this, his famous phrase is: «Ὁ δ' ἠλίθιος ὥσπερ πρόβατον βῆ βῆ λέγων βαδίζει».
There are, however, serious objections to the Erasmian style of Greek pronunciation by many scholars.

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 TRIBES OF ANCIENT ATHENS

1.   Erehtheis
2.   Aigeis
3.   Pandionis
4.   Leondis
5.   Akamandis
6.  Oeneis
7.   Kekropis
8.   Ippothondis
9.   Aeandis
10. Andiohis

 MUNICIPALITIS OF THE OENEIS TRIBE  (Organised by Kleisthenis 6th c. B.C.

1.   Aharnai
2.   Voutadai
3.   Epikifisia
4    Thria
5.   Ippotamathai
6.   Kothokithai
7.   Lakiathai
8.    Lousia
9.   Meliti
10. Oi
11. Perithoithai
12. Ptelaia
13. Tyrmithai
14. Fyli

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