Magnes (Greek: Μάγνης) was an Athenian comic poet of the 5th century BC. Magnes and his contemporary Chionides are the earliest comic poets for whom victories are recorded in the literary competition of the Dionysia festival. Titles of his comedies: Βαρβίτιδες (Barbitides), Guitarists of Barbiton Βάτραχοι (Batrachoi), Frogs Γαλεομυομαχία (Galeomyomachia), Battle of Cats and Mice Διόνυσος (Dionysos), Dionysus Λυδοί (Lydoi), Lydians Ὄρνιθες (Ornithes), Birds Πιτακίς ή Πυτακίδης (Pitakis or Pytakidis, related to Pita, Pytia or Pittakion, Wax tablet) Ποάστρια (Poastria), Female Farm-Worker (derived from Poa) Ψῆνες (Psenes), Fig wasps References Magnes Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Magnes Theatrehistory.com Aristotle, Poetics, III 5th-century BC Athenians Ancient Greek dramatists and playwrights 5th-century BC writers Old Comic poets