Thespis — of Sicyon, who has been confounded by some with his namesake the comic poet, is mentioned by…
Ancient Greek word, found 14 times in the texts on Socratos.
Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 3.1.56: Ὥσπερ δὲ τὸ παλαιὸν ἐν τῇ τραγῳδίᾳ πρότερον μὲν μόνος ὁ χορὸς διεδραμάτιζεν, ὕστερον δὲ Θέσπις ἕνα ὑποκριτὴν ἐξεῦρεν ὑπὲρ τοῦ διαναπαύεσθαι τὸν χορὸν καὶ δεύτερον Αἰσχύλος, τὸν δὲ τρίτον Σοφοκλῆς καὶ συνε …
Lucian of Samosata, Prometheus es in verbis 4: … αὐτὰ καὶ οὐκέτι διὰ τιμῆς ἦγεν ὡς πρὸ τοῦ. ἀλλ’ ἡ μὲν κάμηλος ἀπέθανεν ἀμελουμένη, τὸν ἄνθρωπον δὲ τὸν διττὸν Θέσπιδι τῷ αὐλητῇ ἐδωρήσατο καλῶς αὐλήσαντι παρὰ τὸν πότον.
Greek Anthology, Greek Anthology, Ἀνθολογία, Volume I 2.1.244: ἱερὸν εἶδος ἔφαινεν, ἔοικε δὲ θέσπιδος ὀμφῆς