What is "theognis"

Theognis was a member of the Thirty Tyrants of Athens ( Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.2; Lysias 12.6). Lysias was able to escape from the house of Damnippus, where Theognis was guarding other aristocrats rounded up by the Thirty.

It is possible (but by no means certain), that some ancient sources (scholia to Aristophanes and the Suda) are correct in identifying Theognis the tyrant with the minor tragic poet of the same name, known from Aristophanes' mocking references to the frigidity of his poetry ( Acharnians 11 and 138, Thesmophoriazusae 170).

Theognis is the name of:

• Theognis of Megara, 6th century BC Greek elegiac poet
• Theognis (tyrant), one of the Thirty Tyrants of Athens in 404–403 BC (possibly to be identified with the minor tragic poet mentioned by Aristophanes)
• Theognis of Nicaea, 4th century AD bishop