Asclepi'ades
12. Of TRAGILUS in Thrace, a contemporary and disciple of Isocrates. (Phot.
Bibl. p. 486b. ed. Bekker.)
He is called a tragic writer, but was more probably a sophist or a grammarian.
Works
He was the author of a work called
τραγῳδούμενα, in six books, which treated on the subjects used by the Greek tragic writers, and on the manner in which they had dealt with their mythuses.
Further Information
Plut.
Vit. X. Orat. p. 837; Steph. Byz.
s. v. Τράγιλος;
Athen. 10.456; Harpocrat.
s. v. Δυσαύλης; Hesych.
s. v. ὑησίαρχος.
Edition
Comp.
Werfer, l.c. p. 489, where the fragments of the tragw/dou/mena are collected.