---
name: Bato the Comic Poet
name_greek: Βάτων ὁ κωμικός
eul_aid: ivg
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/bato-the-comic-poet-ivg"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: "Attic (com, frg)"
works_count: 2
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Bato the Comic Poet

*Βάτων ὁ κωμικός*

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

Bato was a Hellenistic comic poet of the 3rd century BCE. Two fragmentary works survive. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments on Hedonism and Philosophy](https://eulogikon.org/works/bato-hedonism-philosophy-ivg-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἡδονῆς καὶ Φιλοσοφίας* · `ivg-aa`
- [Fragments on Philosophy and Excess](https://eulogikon.org/works/bato-philosophy-excess-ivg-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Φιλοσοφίας καὶ Ὑπερβολῆς* · `ivg-ab`

## License and provenance

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