---
name: Alcaeus the Comic Poet
name_greek: Ἀλκαῖος ὁ κωμικός
eul_aid: fim
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/alcaeus-the-comic-poet-fim"
period: Classical
dialect: "Attic (com, frg)"
works_count: 3
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Alcaeus the Comic Poet

*Ἀλκαῖος ὁ κωμικός*

**eul_aid:** `fim` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/alcaeus-the-comic-poet-fim)

Alcaeus was a 4th century BCE Athenian comic poet. Three fragmentary comedies survive from his works. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Comic Fragments on Daily Life](https://eulogikon.org/works/alcaeus-comic-daily-life-fim-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Βίου Καθημερινοῦ Κωμικά* · `fim-ab`
- [Fragments on Daily Life](https://eulogikon.org/works/alcaeus-comic-daily-life-fim-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Βίου Καθημερινοῦ* · `fim-aa`
- [On Homeric Parody](https://eulogikon.org/works/alcaeus-comic-homeric-parody-fim-ac) — *Ἀπόσπασμα* · `fim-ac`

## License and provenance

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