---
name: Cantharus the Comic Poet
name_greek: Κάνθαρος ὁ Κωμικός
eul_aid: dxo
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/cantharus-the-comic-poet-dxo"
period: Classical
dialect: "Attic (com, frg)"
works_count: 2
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Cantharus the Comic Poet

*Κάνθαρος ὁ Κωμικός*

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

Cantharus was an Athenian comic poet of 5th century BCE Old Comedy. Two fragmentary works survive. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Athenian Woman and the Chorus](https://eulogikon.org/works/cantharus-athenian-woman-and-the-chorus-dxo-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `dxo-ab`
- [Fragments on Athenian Women](https://eulogikon.org/works/cantharus-athenian-women-dxo-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἀθηναίων Γυναικῶν* · `dxo-aa`

## License and provenance

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