Ameipsias

Ameipsias (, fl. late 5th century BC) of Athens was an Ancient Greek comic poet, a contemporary of Aristophanes, whom he twice bested in the dramatic contests. His Konnos gained a second prize at the City Dionysia in 423, when Aristophanes won the third prize with The Clouds.

Konnos appears to have had the same subject and aim as Clouds. It is at least certain that Socrates appeared in the play, and that the Chorus consisted of . Aristophanes alludes to Ameipsias in The Frogs, and we are told in the anonymous life of Aristophanes, that when Aristophanes first exhibited his plays under the names of other poets, Ameipsias applied to him the Greek proverb , which means "a person who labours for others," an allusion to Heracles, who was born on the fourth of the month.

Works Ameipsias wrote many comedies, out of which there remain only a few fragments of the following six plays: (Men Playing Kottabos) (although this attribution is considered doubtful by many scholars)