The following people were all minor authors of Greek Middle Comedy. None of their works have survived intact, but later writers of Late Antiquity provide the titles of some of their plays as well as brief quotations.
Diocles
The following six titles, along with associated fragments, are all that survives of Diocles' () work. The Suda states that some accounts claimed that Diocles invented a means of playing music by striking saucers and pottery vessels with a wooden stick.Suda δ 1155
The Bacchae Bees The Cyclopes Dreams Thalatta (name of a courtesan)Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, 13.567C Thyestes
Diodorus
The following five titles, along with associated fragments, are all that survives of Diodorus' () work.
The Corpse The Female Flautist The Heiress The Madman People at the Assembly
Ophelion
Kassel-Austin places Ophelion () in the Middle Comedy period.Kassel-Austin PCG 7.97-99 The Suda credits him with six plays: Callaeschrus, Centaur, Deucalion, Muses, Recluses, and Satyrs.Suda ω 272 Athenaeus cites his work four times.Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 1.43F, 2.66D, 2.67A, 3.106A
Philiscus
The following eight titles, along with associated fragments, are all that survives of Philiscus' () work.
Adonis (The Birth) of Artemis and Apollo The Birth of Pan The Birth of Hermes and Aphrodite (possibly two separate plays) The Birth of Zeus Lovers of Money Olympus Themistocles
Polyzelus
The following six titles, along with associated fragments, are all that survives of Polyzelus' () work.Suda π 1961
The Public Tyndareus The Birth of Aphrodite The Birth of Ares The Birth of Dionysus The Birth of the Muses The Wash Basin
Sophilus
The Suda claims that Sophilus () was from either Sicyon or Thebes.Suda σ 881 The following nine titles, along with associated fragments, are all that survives of Sophilus' work.
Androcles The Citharode The Deposit The Handbook Marriage The Phylarch Those Running Together The Woman From Delos Tyndareos or Leda
Sotades of Athens
The Suda confuses this playwright with the iambic poet Sotades of Maroneia.Suda σ 870, 871 Of his work, only the following three titles (along with associated fragments) have come down to us: Charinus, The Ransomed Man, and The Shut-In Women.
Theophilus
The following nine titles, along with associated fragments, are all that survives of Theophilus' () work.Suda θ 195
The Citharode The Daughters of Proetus The Flute-Lover The Men From Epidaurus Neoptolemus The Pancratiast The Physician Those Traveling Abroad Women From Boeotia
Timotheus of Athens
The Suda lists four plays by Timotheus of Athens (): The Boxer, The Changing Man (or The Shifting Man), The Deposit, and The Puppy.Suda τ 619 Only one four-line quotation of Timotheus' work survives, a quotation from The Puppy by Athenaeus.Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, 6.243c
Xenarchus
The following eight titles, along with associated fragments, are all that survives of Xenarchus' work.
Boutalion The Pentathlete Porphyra (possibly written by Timocles) Priapus The Scythians Sleep The Soldier The Twins
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