Nicophon (Greek:Νικοφῶν, alsoNicophron,Greek:Νικόφρων^[1]), the son of a certain Theron, was anAthenian comicpoet, a contemporary ofAristophanes in his later years.Athenaeus^[2] states that he belonged toOld Comedy, but it is more likely that he belonged toMiddle Comedy. We learn from the argument of thePlutus of Aristophanes that he exhibited one of his plays, called ἌδωνιςAdonis, in 388 BC, the date Aristophanes exhibited hisPlutus.

• Ἄδωνις,Adonis
• Ἀφροδίτης γοναί,Origins ofAphrodite^[3][4][5]
• Ἐξ Ἅδου ἀνιὼν,Coming Up fromHades^[6]
• Πανδώρα,Pandora
• Ἐγχειρογαστορες,Living by their Hands^[7]
• Σειρῆνες,Sirens

27 lines of his plays have survived.

• Meineke, Frag. Poet. Comic, vol. i. p. 256, &c. vol. ii. p. 848, &c.; *Clinton, F. II. vol. ii. p. 101.) [W. M.G.

• Suidas[1]
• Athenaeus Deipnosophists byCharles Duke Yonge, on the wordmystron (spoon), cited byHippolochus and Nicophon[2]

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