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Pherecr.

Pherecr. is the abbreviation of Pherecrates.

Meaning of Pherecrates

Proper noun

Pherecrates

  1. A celebrated Athenian poet of the Old Comedy, living in the fifth century BCE (born after Crates and Cratinus but before Aristophanes, Eupolis, and Plato Comicus – so between c. 519 and c. 446 BCE), victorious at least thrice at the City Dionysia and the Lenaia in the 440s–430s, and inventor of the Pherecratean metre.

Questions about Pherecr.

What is Pherecr. the abbreviation of?
Pherecr. is the abbreviation of Pherecrates.

Words near Pherecr. in the dictionary

  1. pheoplast
  2. pheoplasts
  3. pheos
  4. pheran
  5. pherans
  6. Pherecr.
  7. Pherecratean
  8. Pherecrates
  9. Pherecratic
  10. Pherecydes
  11. pheremone

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