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Thespis
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Thespis was a male poet, playwright, writer, and stage actor from Classical Athens. He was born in Ikarion in 600 BCE and died in 560 BCE. He wrote in Ancient Greek.
His notable work includes A review of the Rev. Thomas Smyth's two sermons against theatres. He is described by sources including Pauly–Wissowa, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and New International Encyclopedia.
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- A review of the Rev. Thomas Smyth's two sermons against theatres
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Place of birth
- Ikarion
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
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- Formella 15, il carro di Tespi (Theatrica), nino pisano, 1334-1336.JPG
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- date of birth
- 0600-01-01
- date of death
- 0560-00-00
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
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- Alleged works
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- Sources
thumb|upright=1.5|Base for a statue of Thespis in the Theatre of Dionysus, 2nd century BC. thumb|200px|''Thespis' wagon'', relief of the Giotto's Belltower in [[Florence, Italy, Nino Pisano, 1334–1336]]
Thespis (; ; fl. 6th century BC) was a stage actor in Ancient Greece. He was born in the ancient city of Icarius (present-day Dionysos, Greece). According to certain Ancient Greek sources and especially Aristotle, he was the first human to appear on stage as an actor playing a character in a play (instead of speaking as himself). In other sources, he is said to have introduced the first principal actor in addition to the chorus. He is often called the "Inventor of Tragedy". His name is the origin of the word "thespian", meaning actor.
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