A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

and NICOPHRON (Νικοφῶν, Νικόφρων). The former is undoubtedly the correct orthography; Suidas is the only authority for the latter. He mentions the name four times (s. vv. Νικόφρων, ἀράχνη, σέρφος, κοιμίσαι.), in the two first of which he calls him Νικόφρων, but every where else, both by him and others, Νικοφῶν is the name given. He was the son of Theron, an Athenian, and a contemporary of Aristophanes at the close of his career.

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