Agathon, a tragic poet of Athens, a friend of Euripides, born about 447 B. C, died about 400. He won his first dramatic triumph in 416. Aristophanes ridicules his affectations, and brings him on the stage in a woman's dress. Plato and Aristotle speak well of his talents, but the latter remarks the mild, humane spirit of his tragedies as a sign that the vigor of the ancient drama was departing. He went with Euripides to the Macedonian court in 407, and fixed his abode in the palace of King Arehe-laus. The dinner which Agathon gave to celebrate his dramatic victory was made by Plato the groundwork of his Symposium. Of his writings a few fragments only are extant. Wieland made Agathon the hero of a philosophical novel.