Alcaeus (comic poet)

Alcaeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκαῖος), the son of Miccus, was an Athenian comic poet.

In 388 BC, his play Pasiphae was awarded the fifth (i.e. last) place prize in the same contest that Aristophanes exhibited his play Plutus.

Fabricius mentions another Alcaeus, a tragedian.

This appears to be the same person as Alcaeus the comic poet.

The titles of eight plays still exist, along with forty fragments altogether, most of which suggest that he worked mainly in mythological subjects.