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Epilycus

Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Epilycus (Greek: Ἐπίλυκος) was an Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy. He is mentioned by an ancient grammarian in connection with Aristophanes and Philyllius. Of his play Kôraliskos, a few fragments are preserved.[1]

An epic poet of the same name, a brother of the comic poet Crates, is mentioned in the Suda.[2]

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Philip Smith (1870). "Epilycus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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