Diphilus

Dīphĭlus, i, m., = Δίφιλος.

• A celebrated Greek comic writer of Sinope, imitated by Plautus, Plaut. Cas. prol. 32; id. Rud. prol. 32; Ter. Ad. 6; Vell. 1, 16, 3. —
• II An architect employed by Quintus Cicero, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1.—
• III Secretary of Crassus, Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 136.

Dīphilus, ī, m. (Δίφιλος), I) ein berühmter griech. Komödiendichter aus Sinope, Zeitgenosse des Menander u. Philemon, nachgeahmt von Plautus, Plaut. Cas. prol. 32 u.a. Ter. adelph. prol. 6. Vell. 1, 16, 3. Mar. Victorin. 2, 3, 3. p. 78, 22 K. – Dav. Dīphilīum metrum, das diphilische Versmaß, das um eine Silbe kürzer ist als der homerische Hexameter, Mar. Victorin. 2, 2, 3. p. 70, 18 K. – II) ein Architekt in Rom, Cic. ad Q. fr. 3, 1, 1. § 1; 3, 9, 7. Vitr. 7. praef. § 14. – III) Schreiber u. Vorleser des Krassus, Cic. de or. 1, 136.

Dīphĭlus, (13) ī, m. (Δίφιλος), Diphile [poète comique dʼAthènes] : Ter. Ad. 6 || autres du même nom : Cic. Q. 3, 1, 1 ; de Or. 1, 136.

Diphĭlus

(Δίφιλος). A poet of the new Attic comedy, a native of Sinopé, and contemporary of Menander. He is supposed to have written some one hundred pieces, of which we have the titles and fragments of about fifty. The Casina and Rudens of Plautus are modelled on two plays of Diphilus; and Terence has adopted some scenes from one of them (the Συναποθνῄσκοντες) in his Adelphoe. Diphilus took his subjects both from common life and from mythology. Most of the passages that have been preserved relate to matters of cookery, the longest being one of forty-one lines. Both the judgments passed on him in antiquity and his remaining fragments justify us in recognizing him as one of the most gifted poets of his age. These fragments are collected in Meineke, i. pp. 445-457; iv. pp. 375-430.