VII Lists of Tragic and Comic Poets and Actors, and the Number of Their Victories (C. I. A. Ii. 977, Iv. 977)
This inscription was no doubt based on the Νῖκαι τραγικαὶ καὶ κωμικαί of Aristotle, and afterwards carried on by additions into the second century B.C.; the order of the names is that of the first victory of each poet or actor at the contest in question, and each column of the inscription contained seventeen names. There are over thirty fragments, and it is not always possible to say whether the lists given in them refer to the Lenaea or the City Dionysia. The following selection of the fragments is based on Capps’s paper on this inscription in the Amer. Journal of Philology, xx. pp. 388 ff.: and on the fuller study by Wilhelm, op. cit., pp. 89 ff.
1. Tragic Poets
(a) At the City Dionysia
Fragment a.
Αἰ]σχύλ[ος..
Εὐ]έτης Ι
Πο]λυφράσμ[ων...
Νόθ]ιππος Ι
Σοφ]οκλῆς ΔΠΙΙΙ
..... τος ΙΙ
Ἀριστ]ίας
Fragment b.
..... ας..
Καρκί]νος ΔΙ
Ἀστ]υδάμας Π[ΙΙ]Ι
Θεο]δέκτας ΠΙΙ
Ἀφαρ]εὺς ΙΙ
.... ν. Ι
.... ΙΙ
(b) Festival Uncertain
Fragment c.
...... ας Ι
.... δης Ι
..... ράτης Ι
Ἀστυδ]άμας..
.... ΙΙ
2. Comic Poets
(a) At the City Dionysia
Fragments i and k, together with two fragments first published by Wilhelm, l.c., p. 106, and arranged by him in three columns as follows:—
| [ἀστικαὶ ποητῶν] | Τηλεκλεί]δης ΙΙΙ | Νικοφῶ[ν... | |
| [κωμικῶν] | .......]ς Ι | Θεόπομπ[ος | |
| [Χιωνίδης...] | — | Κη]φισό[δοτος | |
| — | — | ...] ι [... | |
| — | Φερ[εκράτης.. | ||
| — | ]ς Ι | Ἕρμ[ιππος.. | |
| — | Ἀρι[στομένης.. | ||
| Μάγνη]ς ΔΙ | Εὔ[πολις... | ||
| ...... ο]ς Ι | Κα[λλίστρατος.. | ||
| Ἀλκιμέ]νη[ς] Ι | Φρύ[νιχος.. | ||
| .....]ς Ι | Ἀμ[ειψίας.. | ||
| Εὐφρόν]ιος Ι | Πλά[των... | ||
| Ἐκφαν]τίδης ΙΙΙΙ | Φιλ[ωνίδης.. | ||
| Κρατῖ]νος ΠΙ | Λύκ[ις | ||
| Διοπ]είθης ΙΙ | Λεύ[κων | ||
| Κρά]της ΙΙΙ | |||
| Καλλία]ς ΙΙ | |||
The following new fragment is published by Wilhelm, p. 118.
| Πο]σείδιππος ΙΙΙΙ | .... | |
| Σατυρίων Ι | Νίκαρχος Ι | Πο... |
| Ἀ]πολλόδωρος ΙΙ | Νικόμαχος Ι | Ὀ... |
| Φιλ]ήμων ΠΙ | Ἀριστοκράτης Ι... | |
| Δαμ]όξενος Ι | Λαίνης ΙΙΙ | |
| Φοινικ]ίδης ΙΙ | Φιλήμω[ν |
(b) At the Lenaea
This list at present consists of fragments d-h, which have been arranged in four columns; one column must have preceded them in the original, and over the head of the lost column and the present first column the title of the list ran, of which only one or two traces remain. It probably (according to Capps) read thus:—οἵδε ἐνίκων τὰ Λήναια ποητῶν κωμικῶν (or τῶν κωμικῶν). The extant portions run as follows (including conjectural restorations; cf. Wilhelm, op. cit., p. 123). See addendum to p. 27, n. 1. According to Wilhelm the heading was Ληναικαὶ ποητῶν κωμικῶν.
| I. | II. | III. | IV. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Τὰ Λῆναι]α πο[ητῶν | Πο..... Ι | Φίλιπ[πος..] ΙΙ | Θ.... | |
| κωμι]κῶν | Με[ταγέ]νης ΙΙ | Χορη[γός.. | Δι.... ος Ι | |
| Ξ]ενόφιλος Ι | Θεό[πομπ]ος ΙΙ | Ἀναξα[νδρί]δης ΙΙΙ. | Κλέα[ρχ]ος.. | |
| Τ]ηλεκλείδης Π | Πολ[ύζηλο]ς ΙΙΙΙ | Φιλέτα[ιρο]ς ΙΙ | Ἀθηνοκλῆς.. | |
| 5 | Ἀριστομένης ΙΙ | Νικοφ[ῶν.. | Εὔβουλος ΙΙΙ | Πῦρ[ων] Ι |
| Κρατῖνος ΙΙΙ | Ἀπολ[λοφάν]ης Ι | Ἔφιππος Ι | Ἀλκ[ήν]ωρ Ι | |
| Φερεκράτης ΙΙ | Ἀμ[ειψίας | Ἀ]ντιφάνη[ς ΠΙΙΙ | Τιμοκλῆς Ι | |
| Ἕρμιππος ΙΙΙΙ | Νι[κοχάρης.. | Μ]νησίμα[χος] Ι. ΙΙ | Προκλείδης Ι | |
| Φρύνιχος ΙΙ | Ξεν[οφ]ῶν Ι | Ναυσ[ικράτ]ης ΙΙΙ. | Μ[έν]ανδρος Ι.. | |
| 10 | Μυρτίλος Ι | Φιλύλλιος Ι | Ευφάνη[ς.. | Φ[ιλ]ήμων ΙΙΙ. |
| Εὔ]πολις ΙΙΙ | Φιλόνικος Ι | Ἄλεξις ΙΙ... | Ἀπολλόδωρο[ς.. | |
| .....ς Ι | Ἀρ]ιστο[φῶν.. | Δίφιλος ΙΙΙ. | ||
| ..... | Φιλιππίδης ΙΙ | |||
| ..... | Νικόστρατος.. | |||
| ..... | Καλλιάδης Ι | |||
| ..... | Ἀμειν[ία]ς Ι | |||
| Κηφισόδω]ρος Ι. | ..... | |||
| (Διονυσόδωρος or Ἀσκληπιόδωρος, Wilhelm). | ||||
3. Tragic Actors
(a) At the City Dionysia
Fragment e′.
| ὑποκριτῶν τ[ραγικῶν | ...... |
| Ἡρακλεί[δης.. | ...... |
| Νικόμαχο[ς.. | ...... |
| Μυ[ν]νίσκος.. | Ν...... |
| Σαώνδας... | Θε...... |
| Ανδ[ρων ΙΙ | Α]σ... |
| Χ]αι[ρ]έ[σ]τρατος Ι. | Ἀθην[όδωρος |
| Μενεκ]ράτης.. | Ἀρι[στόδημος.. |
| Λεπ]τίν[ης... |
(b) At the Lenaea
Fragments o, z, x and b′, and two fragments published by Wilhelm, who puts all together as follows, op. cit., p. 144.
| ὑποκριτῶν τραγικῶν | Χαρίδημος.. | ..... | ..... |
| Χαιρέσ[τ]ρατος Ι | Φίλιππος... | ..... | Ε[ |
| Με]ν[εκρά]της Ι | Φύτιος ΙΙ | ..... μ]ος ΙΙ | Βάκχ[... |
| Λεπτίν]ης ΙΙΙ | Εὐπόλεμο[ς | ..... ]ς ΙΙ | Στεμφ[ύλιος |
| ..... | Θρασύβο[υλος] Ι | Ἐ[......]ς Ι | Ξένων Ι |
| Μυννίσκ]ος ΙΙ | Ἀριστόδ[ημος] ΙΙ | Ἀρ[ιστοφ]ῶν Ι | Χαρίας [ |
| Ἡρακλεί]δης Π | Μίρων ΙΙ | Πο..... | Ἀντιμέ[νης |
| Νικόστρα]τος ΙΙΙ | Κλ]εο[δάμα]ς Ι | Ν...... | Τεισίλα[ς |
| Θεόδωρος ΙΙΙ | Ἀρχίας... | Γο[ργ... | |
| Ἵππαρχος ΠΙ | Πραξία[ς.. | Νίκων ΙΙ.. | |
| Ἀμεινίας Ι | Ἱερομν[ήμων] ΙΙΙ | Ἀριστόνι[κος | |
| Ἀν]δροσθένης Ι | Φιλ[... | Πύρριχος [.. | |
| Νεο]πτόλεμος Ι | Νικ[... | Ἀγήτωρ | |
| Θεττα]λός ΙΙ | Ἀρι[... | Θηραμέν[ης | |
| .....]ς ΙΙ | ..... | Κλεῖτος | |
| Ἀριστ]ίων Ι | |||
| ..... άδ]ης Ι |
Fragment l (previously assigned to the list of poets; but see Wilhelm, op. cit., pp. 161, 253, who dates the fragment before B.C. 375).
Σάτ]υρος ΠΙ
Φι]λήμων ΙΙ
Κα]λλίστρατ[ος..
4. Comic Actors
Fragments u, v (probably Lenaean, of the third century B.C.).
| Ἀρισταγόρας Ι | Πολυ[κλῆς.. |
| Κάλλιππος ΙΙΙΙ | Λυκίσ[κος |
| Ἀ]σκληπιόδωρος Π | Σωσικλ[ῆς. |
| Π]ολύευκτος Ι | Πολύζηλ[ος |
| Π]υρραλεύς Ι | Πυθάρατος Ι |
| Μ]οσχίων ΙΙ | Καλλίας ΙΙΙ |
| .. μ... ν ΙΙ | Μενεκ[λῆ]ς Ι |
| Ἱ]ερώνυμος ΙΙΙΙ | Δ[ημήτρ]ιος ΙΙ |
| Ἀ]ριστόμαχος ΙΙΙ | Πιτθεύς Ι |
| Δέ]ρκετος Ι.. | Ἡρακλείδης Ι[Ι.] |
| ..... | .... |
| Φιλοκ[λῆς | ... ρος ΙΙ |
| Ἀριστοκράτης Ι | .... |
| Ἐμμενίδης Ι | .... ΙΙ |
| Αὐτόλυκος Ι | Δ[ημο]κράτης Ι |
| Φιλωνίδης Ι | Φιλ[ο]στέφανος Ι |
| Σωκράτης Ι | Ἑρμόφαντος Ι |
There are a good many other fragments, containing in some cases (fragments f′, w, p, and possibly d′, g′) the names of comic actors, while in other cases the nature of the list and its place in the inscription is uncertain: but the above will serve as specimens.