The poet and scholar Lycophron of Chalcis believed that Aristophanes had been the first comedian to have a character ask for torches to be brought on stage. Eratosthenes (fr. 7 Strecker) polemicized against him, observing that the practice was earlier and went back to another playwright, Philyllius.

Torches on stage / Broggiato, Maria. - (2023), pp. 57-61.

Torches on stage

Maria Broggiato
2023

Abstract

The poet and scholar Lycophron of Chalcis believed that Aristophanes had been the first comedian to have a character ask for torches to be brought on stage. Eratosthenes (fr. 7 Strecker) polemicized against him, observing that the practice was earlier and went back to another playwright, Philyllius.
2023
Eratosthenica I. A selection of Eratosthenes’ fragments collected and commented
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Eratosthenes of Cyrene; Attic comedy; Hellenistic philology; Lycophron of Chalcis
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Torches on stage / Broggiato, Maria. - (2023), pp. 57-61.
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