{{short description|Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy}} '''Epilycus''' ({{langx|el|Ἐπίλυκος}}) 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.<ref>Suid. s. v.; Athen. iv. pp. 133, b., 140, a., xiv. p. 650, c., xv. p. 691, c.; Bekker, Anecd. p. 411. 17; Phot. Lex. s. V. tettigonion; Meineke, Frag. Com. Graec. vol. i. p. 269, ii. pp. 887, 889; Bergk, de Reliq. Com. Att. Ant. p. 431. (cited by Smith)</ref>

An epic poet of the same name, a brother of the comic poet Crates, is mentioned in the Suda.<ref>s. v. Kratês (cited by Smith)</ref>

==References== * {{SmithDGRBM|author=Philip Smith|title=Epilycus|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DE%3Aentry+group%3D5%3Aentry%3Depilycus-bio-1}}

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