A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Εὔδοξος).

1. An Athenian comic poet of the new comedy, was by birth a Sicilian and the son of Agathoeles. He gained eight victories, three at the city Dionysia, and five at the Lenaea. His Ναύκληρος and Γ̔ποβολιμαῖος are quoted. (Apollod. apud Diog. Laert. 8.90; Poll. 7.201; Zenob. Adag.1.1; Meineke, Frag. Com. Graec. vol. i. p. 492, vol. iv. p. 508.)