Editing Lycophron (section)

==Life and miscellaneous works==
He was born at [[Chalcis]] in [[Euboea]], and flourished at [[Alexandria]] in the time of [[Ptolemy Philadelphus]] (285–247 BC). According to the ''[[Suda]]'', the massive tenth century Byzantine Greek historical encyclopaedia, he was the son of Socles, but was adopted by Lycus of Rhegium.<ref>Suda λ 827</ref> It is believed that Lycophron was acquaintances with Greek philosopher [[Menedemus]], who may have influenced some of Lycophron's tragedies and even wrote a [[Satyr play|satyr drama]] about the man. At an unknown date Lycophron was intrigued by the literary movement in Alexandria and settled there.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Callimachus |url=http://archive.org/details/callimachuslycop00calluoft |title=Callimachus and Lycophron |last2=Lycophron |last3=Aratus |first3=Solensis |last4=Mair |first4=G. R. (Gilbert Robinson) |last5=Mair |first5=A. W. (Alexander William) |date=1921 |publisher=London : W. Heinemann ; New York : G. P. Putnam |others=Kelly - University of Toronto}}</ref> He was entrusted by Ptolemy with the task of arranging the comedies in the [[Library of Alexandria]]; as the result of his labours he composed a treatise ''On Comedy''. Lycophron is also said to have been a skillful writer of [[anagram]]s.<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911 |wstitle=Lycophron |volume=17 |page=153 |inline=1}}</ref> Like most of his life, the end of Lycophron's life is lost to time as of now, but there is some evidence of his death. Although it is not known if he stayed in Alexandria for the rest of his life, what may be his end is told in Ovid's [[Ibis (Ovid)|Ibis]],  "Tuque cothurnatus cecidesse Lycophrona narrant, Haereat in fibris fixa sagitta tuis" (And they say that Lycophron fell in his boots, and let his arrow stick in his bones.)<ref name=":0" />