Template:Short description Template:For Xenocles (Template:Langx) was an ancient Greek tragedian. He won a victory at the Dionysia in 415 BC with the plays Oedipus, Lycaon, and Bacchae with the satyr play Athamas.<ref name=BNP>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> Other plays by Xenocles include Licymnius, parodied by Aristophanes in The Clouds,<ref name=OCD>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> and perhaps Myes.<ref name=BNP/> Aristophanes also refers negatively to Xenocles in the Thesmophoriazusae and Frogs.<ref name=OCD/>
Xenocles was the son of Carcinus the Elder and father of Carcinus the Younger, both also tragic playwrights.<ref name=Sutton>Template:Cite journal</ref> He had at least two brothers who were also tragic poets or actors. Ancient sources differ on whether Xenocles was one of three or four brothers,<ref name=DGRBM>Template:Cite DGRBM</ref> and name them variously as Xenotimus, Xenarchus, Demotimus, Xenocleitus, and Datis.<ref name=Sutton/> Datis, quoted by Aristophanes in Peace,<ref name=Sutton/> may have been a nickname for Xenocles.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>