Cratinus the Younger (4th century BC) was a comic poet of the Middle Comedy, and was a contemporary of Plato[1] and of Corydus.
[2] He flourished in the middle of 4th century BC, and as late as 324 BC.
[3] Some scholars believe that he even lived into the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus.
Nine titles of his plays have survived: Many fragments ascribed to the Old Comedy playwright Cratinus were probably by Cratinus the Younger.