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Also known as Rhinton of Tarentum

Rhinthon (, gen.: Ῥίνθωνος; c. 323 – 285 BC) was a Hellenistic dramatist.

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Syracuse
Occupation
playwright
Languages spoken
Ancient Greek
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Rintone.png
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date of birth
0323-01-01
date of death
0285-01-01
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
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Rhinthon
writing language
Ancient Greek
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Rhinthon (, gen.: Ῥίνθωνος; c. 323 – 285 BC) was a Hellenistic dramatist.

The son of a potter, he was probably a native of Syracuse, Magna Graecia, and afterwards settled at Tarentum.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rhinthon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.