---
name: Metagenes the Comic Poet
name_greek: Μεταγένης ὁ κωμικός
eul_aid: cxk
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/metagenes-the-comic-poet-cxk"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic Comedy
works_count: 2
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Metagenes the Comic Poet

*Μεταγένης ὁ κωμικός*

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

Metagenes was an Athenian comic poet of Old Comedy. Surviving fragments from his plays are preserved. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Comic Feast of Crathis](https://eulogikon.org/works/metagenes-comic-feast-of-crathis-cxk-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `cxk-ab`
- [Feast of Automatic Delicacies](https://eulogikon.org/works/metagenes-feast-of-automatic-delicacies-cxk-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `cxk-aa`

## License and provenance

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