Artemon (Ancient Greek: Ἀρτέμων), called "Melopoios" (Μελοποιός), from his being a Melic poet, appears to have been a contemporary of the comic playwright Aristophanes.[1][2]

It is usually believed that he is the author of the two epigrams still extant in the Greek Anthology.[3]

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  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 domainSchmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Artemon (6)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 377.