Thespis - Alleged Works

Alleged Works

Titles of some plays have been attributed to Thespis. But most modern scholars, following the suggestion of Diogenes Laƫrtius, consider them to be forgeries, some forged by the philosopher Heraclides Ponticus, others by or altered by Christian writers:

  • Contest of Pelias and Phorbas
  • Hiereis (Priests)
  • Hitheoi (Demi-gods)
  • Pentheus

Fragments (probably spurious) in A Nauck, Tragicorum graecorum fragmenta (1887).

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