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

# Demetrius the Comic Poet

*Δημήτριος ὁ κωμικός*

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

Demetrius, a 5th century BCE Athenian poet of Old Comedy. Two fragmentary works survive. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments of a Naval Comedy](https://eulogikon.org/works/demetrius-comic-naval-comedy-eds-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα Ναυτικῆς Κωμῳδίας* · `eds-aa`
- [Fragments of a Naval Comedy](https://eulogikon.org/works/demetrius-comic-naval-comedy-eds-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα Ναυτικῆς Κωμῳδίας* · `eds-ab`

## License and provenance

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