List of ancient Greek playwrights
Tragedies
Comedies
- Susarion of Megara (~580 BC)
- Epicharmus of Kos (~540âÂÂ450 BC)
- Phormis, late 6th century BC
- Dinolochus, 487 BC
- Euetes 485 BC
- Euxenides 485 BC
- Mylus 485 BC
- Chionides 487 BC
- Magnes 472 BC
- Cratinus (~520âÂÂ420 BC)
- Crates c. 450 BC
- Ecphantides
- Pisander
- Epilycus
- Callias Schoenion
- Hermippus 435 BC
- Myrtilus
- Lysimachus
- Hegemon of Thasos, 413 BC
- Sophron
- Phrynichus
- Lycis, before 405 BC
- Lucrideus (c. 206 BC)
- Leucon
- Lysippus
- Eupolis (~446âÂÂ411 BC)
- Aristophanes (c. 446âÂÂ388 BC), a leading source for Greek Old Comedy
- The Acharnians (425 BC)
- The Knights (424 BC)
- The Clouds (423 BC)
- The Wasps (422 BC)
- Peace (421 BC)
- The Birds (414 BC)
- Lysistrata (411 BC)
- Thesmophoriazusae (c. 411 BC)
- The Frogs (405 BC)
- Assemblywomen (c. 392 BC)
- Plutus (388 BC)
- Pherecrates 420 BC
- Diocles of Phlius
- Sannyrion
- Philyllius, 394 BC
- Hipparchus
- Archippus
- Polyzelus
- Philonides
- Eunicus 5th century BC
- Telecleides 5th century BC
- Euphonius 458 BC
- Phrynichus (~429 BC)
- Cantharus 422 BC
- Ameipsias (c. 420 BC)
- Strattis (~412âÂÂ390 BC)
- Cephisodorus 402 BC
- Plato (comic poet) late 5th century BC
- Theopompus c. 410 â c.380 BC
- Nicophon 5th century BC
- Nicochares (d.~345 BC)
- Eubulus early 4th century BC
- Araros, son of Aristophanes 388, 375
- Antiphanes (~408âÂÂ334 BC)
- Anaxandrides 4th century BC
- Calliades 4th century BC
- Nicostratus
- Phillipus
- Philetarus c. 390-c. 320 BC
- Anaxilas 343 BC
- Ophelion
- Callicrates
- Heraclides, 348 BC
- Alexis (~375 â 275 BC)
- Amphis mid-4th century BC
- Axionicus
- Cratinus Junior
- Eriphus
- Epicrates of Ambracia 4th century BC
- Stephanus, 332 BC
- Strato
- Aristophon
- Euphron
- Sotades of Athens
- Augeas
- Epippus
- Heniochus
- Epigenes
- Mnesimachus
- Timotheus
- Sophilus
- Antidotus
- Naucrates
- Xenarchus
- Dromo
- Crobylus
- Philippides
- Philemon of Soli or Syracuse (~362âÂÂ262 BC)
- Menander (c. 342âÂÂ291 BC), a leading source for Greek New Comedy
- Dyskolos (317 BC)
- Apollodorus of Carystus (~300âÂÂ260 BC)
- Diphilus of Sinope (~340âÂÂ290 BC)
- Dionysius
- Timocles 324 BC
- Theophilus
- Sosippus
- Anaxippus, 303 BC
- Demetrius, 299 BC
- Archedicus, 302 BC
- Sopater, 282 BC
- Damoxenus c. 370 BC â 270 BC
- Hegesippus, or Crobylus
- Theognetus
- Bathon
- Diodorus
- Machon of Corinth/Alexandria 3rd century BC
- Poseidippus of Cassandreia (~316âÂÂ250 BC)
- Epinicus (~217 BC)
- Laines or Laenes 185 BC
- Philemon 183 BC
- Chairion or Chaerion 154 BC
See also