Magnes

Who is Magnes?

Magnes was an Athenian comic poet of the 5th century BC. Magnes and his contemporary Chionides are the earliest comic poets for whom victories are recorded in the literary competition of the Dionysia festival.

Titles of his comedies:

Βαρβίτιδες, Guitarists of Barbiton

Βάτραχοι, Frogs

Γαλεομυομαχία, Battle of Cats and Mice

Διόνυσος, Dionysus

Λυδοί, Lydians

Ὄρνιθες, Birds

Πιτακίς ή Πυτακίδης

Ποάστρια, Female Farm-Worker

Ψῆνες, Fig wasps