Sophron
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'''Sophron''', of [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]], writer of mimes, flourished about [[430 BC]].
He was the author of prose dialogues in the [[Doric Greek|Doric]] dialect, containing both male and female characters, some serious, others humorous in style, and depicting scenes from the daily life of the Sicilian Greeks. Although in prose, they were regarded as poems; in any case they were not intended for stage representation. They were written in pithy and popular language, full of proverbs and colloquialisms.
[[Plato]] is said to have introduced them into Athens and to have made use of them in his dialogues; according to the ''[[Suda]]'', they were Plato's constant companions, and he even slept with them under his pillow. Some idea of their general character may be gathered from the 2nd and 15th idylls of [[Theocritus]], which are said to have been imitated from the ''Akestriai'' and ''Isthmiazousai'' of his Syracusan predecessor. Their influence is also to be traced in the satires of [[Persius]]. The fragments will be found in HL Ahrens's ''De graecae linguae dialectis'' (1843), ii. (app.). Latest edition by CJ Botzon (1867); see also his ''De Sophrone et Xenarcho mimographis'' (1856).
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