Epilycus
Encyclopedia
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 by Saidas.
Classical Athens
The city of Athens during the classical period of Ancient Greece was a notable polis of Attica, Greece, leading the Delian League in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and the Peloponnesian League. Athenian democracy was established in 508 BC under Cleisthenes following the tyranny of Hippias...
comic poet
Ancient Greek comedy
Ancient Greek comedy was one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece . Athenian comedy is conventionally divided into three periods, Old Comedy, Middle Comedy, and New Comedy...
of the old comedy. He is mentioned by an ancient grammarian in connection with Aristophanes
Aristophanes
Aristophanes , son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaus, was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually complete...
and Philyllius
Philyllius
Philyllius was an ancient Athenian comic poet. He was comtempoary with Diocles and Sannyrion. He belonged to the latter part of the Old Comedy tradition and the beginning of the Middle Comedy tradition...
. 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 by Saidas.