ACHAEUS

Achaeus of Eretria belongs to the classic age, but was not himself a classic, though his satyric plays were much admired for their spirited style, albeit somewhat labored and lacking in clearness. He composed more than forty dramas, gaining the prize only once; for he was not an Athenian by birth, and the men of Athens were loth thus to honor any but their own fellow-citizens.

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