Theognetus
Theognetus (Greek: Θεόγνητος) was a Greek comic poet of the 3rd century BCE.
Works
The titles of three of his works survive.
- Κένταυρος (The Centaur)
- Φάσμα ἢ Φιλάργυρος (The Ghost or The Miser)
- Φιλοδέσποτος (The one who loves his master)
Very few fragments survive, of which one is found in Athenaeus' Deipnosophistae (3.63).
‘Man, you’re killing me! You are packed full of little speeches
From the Stoa Poikile and you’re sick.
“Wealth is not any man’s possession, it is frost.
Wisdom is truly yours, it is ice, No one ever
Lost wisdom once he found it.” Fuck me!
What kind of a philosopher has god housed me with?
You learned your letters in reverse, wretch.
Your books have turned your life upside down.
You have philosophized nonsense to heaven and earth.
They don’t give a shit about your words.’[1]
External links
- Fragment of Theognotus' The Ghost or The Miser
- Suda Online: 'Theognetus'
- 'Theognetus' at Brill's New Pauly Encyclopedia
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