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Pherecrates

/fɪˈɹɛkɹətiːz/

Pherecrates proper noun: 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.

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.

Forms of Pherecrates

alternative abbreviationPherecr.

Origin of Pherecrates

Either from Latin Pherecratēs or directly from its etymon, Ancient Greek Φερεκρᾰ́της (Pherekrắtēs).

Questions about Pherecrates

What does Pherecrates mean?
Pherecrates means 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.
What part of speech is Pherecrates?
Pherecrates is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Pherecrates?
Pherecrates is pronounced /fɪˈɹɛkɹətiːz/.

Words near Pherecrates in the dictionary

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

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