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name: Plato the Comic Poet
name_greek: Πλάτων ὁ κωμῳδιοποιός (Ἀθηναῖος)
eul_aid: efq
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/plato-the-comic-poet-efq"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic Comedy
works_count: 5
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Plato the Comic Poet

*Πλάτων ὁ κωμῳδιοποιός (Ἀθηναῖος)*

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

Plato the Comic Poet was an Athenian playwright of Old Comedy. Five comedies survive in fragments. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Epigram](https://eulogikon.org/works/plato-comic-epigram-efq-ae) — *Ἐπίγραμμα* · `efq-ae`
- [Fragments of Comic Aphrodite](https://eulogikon.org/works/plato-comic-aphrodite-fragments-efq-ac) — *Ἀποσπάσματα τῆς Κωμικῆς Ἀφροδίτης* · `efq-ac`
- [Fragments on Adonis and Cinyras](https://eulogikon.org/works/plato-comic-adonis-cinyras-efq-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἀδώνιδος καὶ Κινύρου* · `efq-aa`
- [Fragments on Argus and Destruction](https://eulogikon.org/works/plato-comic-argus-destruction-efq-ad) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἄργου καὶ Ὀλέθρου* · `efq-ad`
- [Fragments on Cinyras and Adonis](https://eulogikon.org/works/plato-comic-cinyras-adonis-efq-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Κινύρου καὶ Ἄδωνιδος* · `efq-ab`

## License and provenance

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