---
name: Cratinus the Comic Poet
name_greek: Κρατῖνος ὁ κωμικός
eul_aid: czs
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/cratinus-the-comic-poet-czs"
period: Classical
dialect: "Attic (com, frg)"
works_count: 5
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Cratinus the Comic Poet

*Κρατῖνος ὁ κωμικός*

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

Cratinus was a major Athenian playwright of Old Comedy. Surviving fragments from his plays. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Comic Fragments on Athenian Life](https://eulogikon.org/works/cratinus-athenian-life-czs-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τοῦ Ἀθηναϊκοῦ Βίου* · `czs-ab`
- [Fragments on Cimon and Athenian Life](https://eulogikon.org/works/cratinus-athenian-life-czs-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Κίμωνος καὶ τοῦ Ἀθηναίων Βίου* · `czs-aa`
- [Fragments on Language and Poetry](https://eulogikon.org/works/cratinus-language-poetry-czs-ac) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Γλώσσης καὶ Ποίησης* · `czs-ac`
- [Fragments on the Judgment of Paris](https://eulogikon.org/works/cratinus-judgment-paris-czs-ad) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῆς τοῦ Πάριδος Κρίσεως* · `czs-ad`
- [On Feminine Noun Endings](https://eulogikon.org/works/cratinus-feminine-nouns-czs-ae) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `czs-ae`

## License and provenance

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