CHAEREMON, Athenian dramatist of the first half of the 4th century B.C. Aristotle (Rhetoric, iii. 12) says his works were intended for reading, not for representation. According to Suidas, he wrote comedy as well as tragedy, and the title of his Achilles, Slayer of Thersites suggests that it was a satyric drama. His Cen taurus is described by Aristotle (Poet. i. 12) as a rhapsody in all kinds of metres. The fragments of Chaeremon are correct in form and have an easy rhythm, but are marred by a florid style. It is not agreed whether he is the author of three epigrams in the Greek Anthology (Palatine vii. 469, 72o, 721) which bear his name.
See H. Bartsch, De Chaeremone Poeta tragico (1843) ; fragments in A. Nauck, Fragmenta Tragicorum Graecorum.