Molon
(
Μόλων).
1. A tragic actor of the time of Aristophanes. (
Aristoph. Frogs 55.)
According to the scholiast, Aristophanes in the passage referred to is speaking ironically, for Molon was a very large man.
The scholiast also informs us that Molon had a contemporary of the same name, who was a notorious thief.