Epicrates of Ambracia

Epicrates of Ambracia (Greek: Ἐπικράτης Ἀμβρακιώτης; fl. c. 376–348 BC) was an Ambraciote who lived in Athens. A comic poet of the Middle Comedy, his work survives only as quotations in the works of other authors. Quotes thumb|She was an absolute mousehole. τελέως δὲ μ᾽ ὑπῆλθεν ἡ κατάρατος μαστροπὸςἐπομνύουσα τὰν Κόραν τὰν Ἄρτεμιντὰν Φερρέφατταν ὡς δάμαλις, ὡς παρθένος,ὡς πῶλος ἀδμής. ἣ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἦν μυωνία. The accursed go-between fooled me completely, swearing by the Maiden, by Artemis, by Persephone, that the wench was a heifer, a virgin, an untamed filly — and all the time she was an absolute mousehole. Fr. 9 K, Choros; Aelian, On the Nature of Animals, bk. 2, ch. 10 (ed. Rudolf Hercher, 1864; tr. A. F. Schofield, 1958). Quoted by Aelian as evidence that mice, especially the does, were seen as salacious: "By calling her an 'absolute mousehole' he meant to say that she was beyond measure lecherous." External links Category:BCE births Category:BCE deaths Category:Playwrights from Greece