A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

(Νίκων), literary.

1. A comic writer, asigned by Meineke to lthe new comedy. A fragment of three lines is preserved by Athenaeus, from his play Κιθαρωδός (xi. p. 487c.), and Pollux gives a portion of the same passage (vi 99). (Meineke, Frag. Poet. Corn. vol. i. p. 495, v. p. 578.)