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Meaning of Pherecrates | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/fɪˈɹɛkɹətiːz/

Definitions

A celebrated Athenian poet of the Old Comedy, living in the fifth century BCE (born after Crates and Cratinus but before Aristophanes, Eupolis, and Plato Comicus – so between c. 519 and c. 446 BCE), victorious at least thrice at the City Dionysia and the Lenaia in the 440s–430s, and inventor of the Pherecratean metre.

Equivalents

Deutsch Pherekrates
Español Ferécrates
Italiano Ferecrate

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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