---
name: Philemon Syracusius
name_greek: Φίλημων ὁ Συρακούσιος
eul_aid: lpe
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/philemon-syracusius-lpe"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Attic Comedy
works_count: 5
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Philemon Syracusius

*Φίλημων ὁ Συρακούσιος*

**eul_aid:** `lpe` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/philemon-syracusius-lpe)

Philemon Syracusius, Hellenistic poet of Attic Comedy. Surviving fragments of his works are preserved. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Comic Fragments on Aristomedes](https://eulogikon.org/works/philemon-syracusius-comic-fragments-lpe-ad) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἀριστομέδους Κωμικά* · `lpe-ad`
- [Fragments from a Comedy](https://eulogikon.org/works/philemon-syracusius-comedy-fragments-lpe-ac) — *Ἀποσπάσματα Κωμῳδίας* · `lpe-ac`
- [On Human Nature and Solon's Law](https://eulogikon.org/works/philemon-syracusius-human-nature-solon-law-lpe-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `lpe-aa`
- [On Slavery and Human Nature](https://eulogikon.org/works/philemon-syracusius-slavery-nature-lpe-ae) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `lpe-ae`
- [On Solon's Public Brothels](https://eulogikon.org/works/philemon-syracusius-solon-brothels-lpe-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `lpe-ab`

## License and provenance

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