Epilycus
Sign in to saveEpilycus () 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.
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Epilycus () 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.
An epic poet of the same name, a brother of the comic poet Crates, is mentioned in the Suda.
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