Antiphanes of Berge

For other people named Antiphanes, see Antiphanes (disambiguation).

Antiphanes of Berge (or Antiphanes the Younger, Greek: Ἀντιφάνης ὁ Βεργαῖος, 4th century BC) in Thrace, near Amphipolis, was a Greek writer of the book Ἄπιστα (Apista; "unbelievable"). Strabo mentions him as an impostor, because Antiphanes wished the reader to believed everything in his book when they are falsehood. It was due to Antiphanes, who lived in Athens, that the Attic verb βεργαΐζειν (bergaizein) was used in the sense of telling unbelievable stories. He also wrote a work on courtezans. He is not to be confused with Antiphanes of Argos, which some ancient writer has done.

References

• Antiphanes of Berge, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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