---
name: Simylus the Elegiac Poet
name_greek: Σιμύλος ὁ Ἐλεγειακός
eul_aid: gfe
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/simylus-the-elegiac-poet-gfe"
period: Classical
dialect: Epic (Homeric)
works_count: 2
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Simylus the Elegiac Poet

*Σιμύλος ὁ Ἐλεγειακός*

**eul_aid:** `gfe` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/simylus-the-elegiac-poet-gfe)

Simylus was a classical Greek elegiac poet of the 4th century BCE. Two surviving works in the Homeric epic dialect. Free to download from the Greek archive.

## Works

- [On the Nature of Art and Wisdom](https://eulogikon.org/works/simylus-nature-art-wisdom-gfe-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `gfe-aa`
- [On the Senses and Human Excellence](https://eulogikon.org/works/simylus-senses-excellence-gfe-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `gfe-ab`

## License and provenance

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