# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/diphilus-of-sinope
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:37:02.990Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/diphilus-of-sinope"
name: "Diphilus of Sinope"
slug: "diphilus-of-sinope"
description: "Diphilus, of Sinope, was a poet of the new Attic comedy and a contemporary of Menander. He is frequently listed together with Menander and Philemon, considered the three greatest poets of New Comedy. He was victorious at least three times at the Lenaia, placing him third before Philemon and Menander. Although most of his plays were written and acted in Athens, he died in Smyrna. His body was returned and buried in Athens."
tagline: "Athenian poet of New Comedy"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diphilus_(Poet).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "-350"
deathDate: "-400"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.67
  momentum:             0.8077994428969361
  historical:           14.28063466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Diphilus"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%ADfil_de_Sinope"
    title: "Dífil de Sinope"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%AF%CF%86%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%A3%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%89%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%8D%CF%82"
    title: "Δίφιλος ο Σινωπεύς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphilus"
    title: "Diphilus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%ADfilo"
    title: "Dífilo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphilos"
    title: "Diphilos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difilos_(komediakirjailija)"
    title: "Difilos (komediakirjailija)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphile"
    title: "Diphile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphilosz_(kom%C3%A9diak%C3%B6lt%C5%91)"
    title: "Diphilosz (komédiaköltő)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difilo"
    title: "Difilo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphilus_Sinopeus"
    title: "Diphilus Sinopeus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difilos_z_Synopy"
    title: "Difilos z Synopy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB_(%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84)"
    title: "Дифил (комедиограф)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difil"
    title: "Difil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difilos_zo_Sin%C3%B3py"
    title: "Difilos zo Sinópy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB"
    title: "Дифил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%96%D1%84%D1%96%D0%BB"
    title: "Діфіл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8B%84%E8%8F%B2%E5%8D%A2%E6%96%AF"
    title: "狄菲卢斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1236122"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump