Cleophon (poet)

Cleophon (Greek: Kλεoφῶν, Kleophōn) was an Athenian tragic poet.

[1] The titles of ten of his plays are given by the Suda: Acteon, Amphiaraos, Achilles, The Bacchantes, Dexamenus, Erigone, Thyestes, Leucippus, Persis, and Telephus.

[2] None of these plays are extant today.

[3] He is referred to by Aristotle in Poetics and Rhetoric, who notes his prosaic style and lack of idealism.

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