Hyperbolus

Hyperbolus, the feebler imitator of Cleon, who disgraced the punishment of ostracism by becoming its victim. The four Athenians named were all introduced by one or other of the comedians classed together by Horace — 'Eupolis, atque Cratinus Aristophanesque poetae.'

Note by Henry Craik to The Author's Preface from Tale Of A Tub

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