an Athenian tragic poet, who flourished B.C. 500, and was contemporary with Thespis and Æschylus. He gained the tragic prize 13 times, but all his works have perished.

CHOEIRILUS of Samos, about B.C. 480-400, an epic poet, who wrote on the wars of the Greeks with the Persians. He is said to have been intimate with Herodotus, and he died at the Court of Archelaus.