Leucon
（
Λεύκων), the son of Hagnon, according to Toup's emendation of Suidas (s. v.), an Athenian comic poet, of the old comedy, was a contemporary and rival of Aristophanes. In B. C. 422 he contended, with his
Πρέσβεις, against the
Wasps of Aristophanes, and in the following year, with his
Φράτερες, against the
Peace of Aristophanes, and the
κόλακες of Eupolis; on both occasions he obtained the third place (Didasc.
ad Vesp. et Pac.) Suidas also mentions his
Ὂνος ἀσκοφόρος The story on which this play was founded is explained by Böckh (
Publ. Oecon. of Ath. p. 324, 2nd edit.).
No fragments of his plays survive.
The title
Φράτερες is usually corrupted into
Φράτορες, but Meineke shows that the other is the true form. (
Athen. 8.343. c.; Suid.
s. v. Λεύκων; Hesych.
s. v. Πάαπις; Phot.
s. v. Τίβιοι; Meineke,
Hist. Crit. Com. Graec. pp. 217, 218.)
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