---
name: Theognetus the Comic Poet
name_greek: Θεόγνητος ὁ κωμικός
eul_aid: jjw
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/theognetus-the-comic-poet-jjw"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine (frg)
works_count: 2
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Theognetus the Comic Poet

*Θεόγνητος ὁ κωμικός*

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

Theognetus, a Hellenistic poet of New Comedy in the 3rd century BCE. Two surviving fragments. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments of Philosophical Satire](https://eulogikon.org/works/theognetus-philosophical-satire-jjw-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Σάτιρας Φιλοσόφου* · `jjw-ab`
- [Fragments on Philosophy and Folly](https://eulogikon.org/works/theognetus-philosophy-folly-jjw-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Φιλοσοφίας καὶ Μωρίας* · `jjw-aa`

## License and provenance

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