---
name: Agathon of Athens
name_greek: Ἀγάθων Ἀθηναῖος
eul_aid: eaq
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/agathon-of-athens-eaq"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic Drama
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Agathon of Athens

*Ἀγάθων Ἀθηναῖος*

**eul_aid:** `eaq` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/agathon-of-athens-eaq)

Agathon was a classical Athenian tragedian of the 5th century BCE. His dramatic fragments survive. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [On Art, Chance, and Human Frailty](https://eulogikon.org/works/agathon-athens-art-chance-frailty-eaq-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `eaq-aa`

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