Cleophon (poet)
Cleophon was an Athenian tragic poet who flourished in the 4th century BC. The titles of eleven of his plays are given by the Suda: Acteon, Amphiaraos, Achilles, The Bacchantes, Dexamenus, Erigone, Thyestes, Leucippus, Mandroboulos, Persis, and Telephus. None of these plays are extant today.
He is referred to by Aristotle in Poetics and Rhetoric, who notes his prosaic style and lack of idealism.
