---
name: Philoxenus of Cythera
name_greek: Φιλόξενος ὁ Κυθήριος
eul_aid: dzc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/philoxenus-of-cythera-dzc"
period: Classical
dialect: Doric (frg)
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Philoxenus of Cythera

*Φιλόξενος ὁ Κυθήριος*

**eul_aid:** `dzc` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/philoxenus-of-cythera-dzc)

Philoxenus of Cythera was a Greek dithyrambic poet of the late Classical period. Surviving fragments of his work. Free to download from the Greek archive.

## Works

- [Fragments on Galatea and Desire](https://eulogikon.org/works/philoxenus-cythera-galatea-desire-dzc-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Γαλατείας καὶ Ἔρωτος* · `dzc-aa`

## License and provenance

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