Epicharmus

Epicharmus (c. 540–450 BC), Greek comic poet, was born in the island of Cos. Early in life he went to Megara in Sicily, and after its destruction by Gelo (484) removed to Syracuse, where he spent the rest of his life at the court of Hiero, and died at the age of ninety or (according to a statement in Lucian, Macrobii, 25) ninety-seven. A brazen statue was set up in his honor by the inhabitants, for which Theocritus composed an inscription (Epigr. 17). Epicharmus was the chief representative of the Sicilian or Dorian comedy.

Related Topics:
540 - 450 BC - Greek - Cos - Megara - Sicily - Gelo - Syracuse - Hiero - Lucian - Theocritus

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He was the son of Elotheles, a physician.

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