Ameipsias

Who is Ameipsias?

Ameipsias of Athens was an Ancient Greek comic poet, a contemporary of Aristophanes, whom he twice bested in the dramatic contests. His Konnos gained a second prize at the City Dionysia in 423 BC, when Aristophanes won the third prize with The Clouds.

Konnos appears to have had the same subject and aim as Clouds. It is at least certain that Socrates appeared in the play, and that the Chorus consisted of Φροντισταί. Aristophanes alludes to Ameipsias in the The Frogs, and we are told in the anonymous life of Aristophanes, that when Aristophanes first exhibited his plays, under the names of other poets, Ameipsias applied to him the Greek proverb τετράδι γεγονώς, which means "a person who labors for others," in allusion to Heracles, who was born on the fourth of the month.