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3. A celebrated tiagic actor, the son of Charicles of Sunium, and a disciple of Archias of Thurii. It is related of him that at the age of 70, shortly before his death, he acted in eight tragedies on four successive days. (Plut. Dem. p. 859, An seni ger. sit Resp. 3. p. 785b; Lucian. Necyom. vol. i. p. 479, ed. Hemst.)

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