Autocrates

5th-century BC Athenian poet and comic playwright

Autocrates (Ancient Greek: Αὐτοκράτης) was an Ancient Athenian poet of the old comedy. One of his plays is mentioned by Suidas and Aelian.^[1] He also wrote several tragedies.^[2]

The Autocrates quoted by Athenaeus^[3] seems to have been a different person.

Footnotes

^ V. H. xii. 9.(cited in Smith)
^ Suda. (cited in Smith)
^ ix. p. 395 and xi. p. 460 (cited in Smith)

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Autocrates". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 446.