Lycophronides was a 4th-century BCE Athenian lyric poet, as recorded in the 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia, the Suda. He is distinguished by the epithet "the Lyric" from the later Hellenistic poet Lycophron of Chalcis. The Suda identifies him as an Athenian, though the occasional reference to "Lycophronides of Chalcis" may indicate an alternative origin or association.
His output, known only through fragments, included melic poems, dithyrambs, and hymns. A skolion, or drinking song, preserved by Athenaeus contains a prayer mentioning the "triple-bodied Geryon." A possible additional fragment appears in a scholion to Aristophanes' play Plutus.
Lycophronides represents a minor figure from the later Greek lyric tradition. His scant fragments survive in the Suda and Athenaeus. These fragments are a concrete, if limited, example of 4th-century convivial poetry and aid in distinguishing his legacy from that of his more famous namesake.
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