List of ancient Greek playwrights
Tragedies
Comedies
- Susarion of Megara
- Epicharmus of Kos
- Phormis, late 6th century BC
- Dinolochus, 487 BC
- Euetes 485 BC
- Euxenides 485 BC
- Mylus 485 BC
- Chionides 487 BC
- Magnes 472 BC
- Cratinus
- 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
- Leucon
- Lysippus
- Eupolis
- Aristophanes, a leading source for Greek Old Comedy
- *The Acharnians
- *The Knights
- *The Clouds
- *The Wasps
- *Peace
- *The Birds
- *Lysistrata
- *Thesmophoriazusae
- *The Frogs
- *Assemblywomen
- *Plutus
- 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
- Cantharus 422 BC
- Ameipsias
- Strattis
- Cephisodorus 402 BC
- Plato (comic poet) late 5th century BC
- Theopompus c. 410 – c.380 BC
- Nicophon 5th century BC
- Nicochares
- Eubulus early 4th century BC
- Araros, son of Aristophanes 388, 375
- Antiphanes
- 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
- 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
- Menander, a leading source for Greek New Comedy
- *Dyskolos
- Apollodorus of Carystus
- Diphilus of Sinope
- Dionysius
- Timocles 324 BC
- Theophilus
- Sosippus
- Anaxippus, 303 BC
- Demetrius, 299 BC
- Archedicus, 302 BC
- Sopater, 282 BC
- Damoxenus c. 370 BC – 270 BC
- Hegesippus, or Crobylus
- Theognetus
- Bathon
- Diodorus
- Machon of Corinth/Alexandria 3rd century BC
- Poseidippus of Cassandreia
- Epinicus
- Laines or Laenes 185 BC
- Philemon 183 BC
- Chairion or Chaerion 154 BC