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Epilycus
Epilycus ( ) was an Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy. He is mentioned by an ancient grammarian in connection with Aristophanes and Philyllius. Of his play Kôraliskos, a few fragments are preserved. An epic poet of the same name, a brother of the comic poet Crates, is mentioned in the Suda.
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Epilycus ( ) was an Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy. He is mentioned by an ancient grammarian in connection with Aristophanes and Philyllius. Of his play Kôraliskos, a few fragments are preserved. An epic poet of the same name, a brother of the comic poet Crates, is mentioned in the Suda.
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