Epicharmus (540430 B.C.)

Epicharmus, a Greek philosopher and poet in the island of Cos; studied philosophy under Pythagoras; conceived a taste for comedy; gave himself up to that branch of the drama, and received the name of the “Father of Comedy”; lived eventually at the court of Hiero of Syracuse (540430 B.C.).

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Epicharis * Epictetus
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Ephesians, The Epistle to
Ephialtes
Ephialtes
Ephod
Eph`ori
Ephraem Syrus
Ephraim
Epic
Epic melody
Epicharis
Epicharmus
Epictetus
Epicureans
Epicurus
Epicycle
Epidaurus
Epidemic
Epigoni
Epigram
Epilepsy
Epimenides

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Epicharmus in Chalmer’s 1812 Dictionary of Biography