English Explanatory Dictionary

Pherecrates

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A celebrated Athenian poet of the Old Comedy, living in the fifth century BCE (born after Crates and Cratinus but before Aristophanes, Eupolis, and Plato Comicus – so between c. 519 and c. 446 BCE), victorious at least thrice at the City Dionysia and the Lenaia in the 440s–430s, and inventor of the Pherecratean metre.

Pronunciation

/fɪˈɹɛkɹətiːz/

Word forms

Pherecrates Pherecr.

Etymology

Either from Latin Pherecratēs or directly from its etymon, Ancient Greek Φερεκρᾰ́της (Pherekrắtēs).

Related words

Pherecratean Pherecratian Pherecratic
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