---
name: Demodocus of Leros
name_greek: Δημόδοκος ὁ Λέριος
eul_aid: bea
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/demodocus-of-leros-bea"
period: Archaic
dialect: Ionic Elegiac
works_count: 2
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Demodocus of Leros

*Δημόδοκος ὁ Λέριος*

**eul_aid:** `bea` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/demodocus-of-leros-bea)

Demodocus of Leros, 6th century BCE Ionic elegiac poet. Two surviving poetic fragments from the Archaic period. Free to download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Epigrams](https://eulogikon.org/works/demodocus-leros-epigrams-bea-ab) — *Ἐπιγράμματα* · `bea-ab`
- [Satirical Epigrams on Peoples](https://eulogikon.org/works/demodocus-leros-satirical-epigrams-bea-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `bea-aa`

## License and provenance

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