Athenian tragic playwright
see also Aristophanes 82, 85

Θεοὺς μὲν αἰτῶ τῶνδ’ ἀπαλλαγὴν
πόνων,
φρουρᾶς ἐτείας μῆκος, ἣν κοιμώμενος
στέγαις Ἀτρειδῶν ἄγκαθεν, κυνὸς δίκην,
ἄστρων κάτοιδα νυκτέρων ὁμήγυριν,
καὶ τοὺς φέροντας χεῖμα καὶ θέρος
βροτοῖς
λαμπροὺς δυνάστας ἐμπρέποντας αἰθέρι
ἀστέρας, ὅταν φθίνωσιν, ἀντολάς τε τῶν

(I wish the gods would end my plight
as watchman on the palace roof,
doglike, lying askew on bended arm,
marking the conclave of the stars of
night,
heavenly potentates that bring
winter and summer to mankind,
the constellations as they wane and rise.)
Agamemnon 1
opening lines; cf. Apollonius of Rhodes 3