---
name: Molpis of Elea
name_greek: Μόλπις ὁ Ἐλεάτης
eul_aid: aic
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/molpis-of-elea-aic"
period: Archaic
dialect: Ionic (frg)
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Molpis of Elea

*Μόλπις ὁ Ἐλεάτης*

**eul_aid:** `aic` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/molpis-of-elea-aic)

Molpis of Elea, a 6th century BCE Ionic Greek historian. His surviving historical works are fragmentary. Free to read and download from the Greek archive.

## Works

- [On Spartan Customs and Cuisine](https://eulogikon.org/works/molpis-elea-sparta-cuisine-aic-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `aic-aa`

## License and provenance

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