---
name: Posidippus of Cassandreia the Comic Poet
name_greek: Ποσείδιππος ὁ Κασσανδρεύς
eul_aid: ios
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/posidippus-of-cassandreia-ios"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Attic Comedy
works_count: 3
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Posidippus of Cassandreia the Comic Poet

*Ποσείδιππος ὁ Κασσανδρεύς*

**eul_aid:** `ios` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/posidippus-of-cassandreia-ios)

Posidippus of Cassandreia, Hellenistic comic poet of the 3rd century BCE. Surviving works include fragments. Free to download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments of Apocleiomene](https://eulogikon.org/works/posidippus-cassandreia-apocleiomene-ios-ac) — *Ἀποσπάσματα τοῦ Ἀποκλειωμένου* · `ios-ac`
- [Fragments on Cooks and Courtesans](https://eulogikon.org/works/posidippus-cassandreia-cooks-courtesans-ios-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Μάγειρων καὶ Ἑταιρῶν* · `ios-ab`
- [Fragments on Cooks and Courtesans](https://eulogikon.org/works/posidippus-cassandreia-cooks-courtesans-ios-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Μάγειρων καὶ Ἑταιρῶν* · `ios-aa`

## License and provenance

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