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

# Philetaerus the Comic Poet

*Φιλέταιρος ὁ κωμικός*

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

Philetaerus, a 4th-3rd century BCE Athenian comic poet. Read his surviving comedy fragments. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Comic Fragments on Life and Pleasure](https://eulogikon.org/works/philetaerus-comic-life-pleasure-gcm-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Βίου καὶ Ἡδονῆς* · `gcm-aa`
- [Fragments on Health and Pleasure](https://eulogikon.org/works/philetaerus-health-pleasure-gcm-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ὑγιείας καὶ Ἡδονῆς* · `gcm-ab`

## License and provenance

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