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Athenian poet of Old Comedy
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Epilycus (Greek: 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.
An epic poet of the same name, a brother of the comic poet Crates, is mentioned by Suidas.