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Flourished	c.420 BCE -
Movement / Style	Old Comedy

Antiphanes

Greek writer

Aristophanes

Greek dramatist

Eupolis

Greek dramatist

Cratinus

Greek poet

Euripides

Greek dramatist

Sophocles

Greek dramatist

Aeschylus

Greek dramatist

Menander

Greek dramatist

Epicharmus

Greek poet

Crates

Greek actor and author

Diphilus

Greek poet

Agathon

Greek poet

Thespis

Greek poet

Alexis

Greek writer

Philemon

Greek poet

Herodas

Greek poet

Phrynichus

Greek tragic poet

Alexander Aetolus

Greek poet and scholar

Sophron Of Syracuse

Greek author

Choerilus

Athenian tragic poet

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