---
name: Philetas of Cos
name_greek: Φιλίτας ὁ Κῷος
eul_aid: hvm
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/philetas-of-cos-hvm"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Attic
works_count: 4
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Philetas of Cos

*Φιλίτας ὁ Κῷος*

**eul_aid:** `hvm` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/philetas-of-cos-hvm)

Philetas of Cos, Hellenistic poet of the 4th to 3rd centuries BCE. Fragments of his elegiac poetry. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments of Endurance and Fate](https://eulogikon.org/works/philetas-cos-endurance-fate-hvm-ac) — *Ἀποσπάσματα Καρτερίας καὶ Μοίρας* · `hvm-ac`
- [Fragments on Demeter and Places](https://eulogikon.org/works/philetas-cos-demeter-places-hvm-ad) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Δήμητρος καὶ Τόπων* · `hvm-ad`
- [Grammatical Fragments](https://eulogikon.org/works/philetas-cos-grammatical-fragments-hvm-aa) — *Γραμματικὰ Ἀποσπάσματα* · `hvm-aa`
- [Poetic Fragments](https://eulogikon.org/works/philetas-cos-poetic-fragments-hvm-ab) — *Ποιητικὰ Ἀποσπάσματα* · `hvm-ab`

## License and provenance

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