---
name: Callias the Comic Poet
name_greek: Καλλίας ὁ κωμικός
eul_aid: dkc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/callias-the-comic-poet-dkc"
period: Classical
dialect: "Attic (com, frg)"
works_count: 2
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Callias the Comic Poet

*Καλλίας ὁ κωμικός*

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

Callias was an Athenian comic poet of the 5th century BCE. Fragments from his plays are preserved. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments on Daily Life](https://eulogikon.org/works/callias-comic-daily-life-dkc-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Βίου Καθημερινοῦ* · `dkc-ab`
- [Symposium and Satirical Fragments](https://eulogikon.org/works/callias-comic-symposium-fragments-dkc-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `dkc-aa`

## License and provenance

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