24. The COMEDIAN (ὁ κωμικός), mentioned by Hesychius as being surnamed, or rather nicknamed πελεθόβαψ, " dung-diver." According to some accounts he was a poet. Nothing is known of his time or country. (Hesych. s. v. Πελεθόβαψ.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890