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Artemon (Ancient Greek: Ἀρτέμων), called "Melopoios" (Μελοποιός), from his being a Melic poet, appears to have been a contemporary of the comic playwright Aristophanes.

It is usually believed that he is the author of the two epigrams still extant in the Greek Anthology.

References

1. Scholiast on Aristophanes, The Acharnians 830
2. Suda s.v. ὄζων
3. Greek Anthology, 12.55, 124

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Artemon (6)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 377.

• 4th-century BC Greek poets
• 5th-century BC Greek poets
• Ancient Greek lyric poets