Archippus (/ɑːrˈkɪpəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἅρχιππος; fl.
late 5th century BC) was an Athenian poet of the Old Comedy.
The Alexandrian critics attributed to him the authorship of four plays previously assigned to Aristophanes (Dionysus Shipwrecked, Islands, Niobos, and Poetry).
Archippus was ridiculed by his contemporaries for his fondness for playing upon words.
[1][2] Titles and fragments of six plays are preserved: Amphitryon, The Donkey's Shadow, Fishes, Hercules Getting Married, Pinon, and Ploutos.