---
name: Magnes Comicus
name_greek: Μάγνης ὁ κωμικός
eul_aid: cxa
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/magnes-comicus-cxa"
period: Classical
dialect: "Attic (com, frg)"
works_count: 2
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Magnes Comicus

*Μάγνης ὁ κωμικός*

**eul_aid:** `cxa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/magnes-comicus-cxa)

Magnes was an Athenian comic poet of early Old Comedy. Two fragmentary works survive from this period. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Comic Fragments on Daily Life](https://eulogikon.org/works/magnes-comic-fragments-cxa-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Βίου Καθημερινοῦ Κωμικά* · `cxa-ab`
- [Fragments on Life](https://eulogikon.org/works/magnes-life-fragments-cxa-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Βίου* · `cxa-aa`

## License and provenance

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