Eupolis
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 5 anchored passages
in the texts
Clouds
A historical rival comic poet, accused by the speaker of copying and debasing his play the Knights.
Eupolis, indeed, first of all craftily introduced his Maricas, having basely, base fellow, spoiled by altering my play of the Knights, having added to it, for the sake of the cordax, a drunken old woman, whom Phrynichus long ago poetized, whom the whale was for devouring.
On The Estate of Apollodorus
Brother of Thrasyllus (I.) and Mneson and uncle of Apollodorus; he wronged Apollodorus and remained his lifelong enemy, and his daughter is the rival claimant to Apollodorus's estate.
Eupolis, the sole survivor of the three brothers, was not content to enjoy only a part of the family fortune, but seized for himself the whole of Mneson's estate, half of which belonged to Apollodorus, alleging that his brother had given it to him, and, as guardian, so administered the affairs of Apollodorus that he was condemned to restore three talents to him.
A convincing proof of their enmity is the fact that, though Eupolis had two daughters and was descended from the same ancestors and saw that Apollodorus was possessed of money, yet he gave neither of them to him in marriage.
Whether Eupolis has been to blame in not wishing to give his daughter or Apollodorus in being unwilling to accept her, the fact has proved that their enmity continued.