PHERECRATES
\fˈɛɹɪkɹˌe͡ɪts], \fˈɛɹɪkɹˌeɪts], \f_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_k_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t_s]\
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A Greek comic poet of the fourth century B. C., contemporary of Cratinus, Crates, and Aristophanes. Of his works fragments only remain; among them an "Address to Old Age", preserved by Stobaeus. He is variously stated to have written 18 or 16 plays.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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