Crito of Alopece (Κρίτων Ἀλωπεκῆθεν) was a Hellenistic comic poet of the 2nd century BCE. An Athenian from the deme of Alopece, he is known only as a minor figure listed among comic poets in the Suda, which provides no further biographical details [1].

Two titles of his lost comedies survive: Pseudostigmatias (Ψευδοστιγματίας) and Pharmakopōlēs (Φαρμακοπώλης) [1]. The Suda notes he wrote other, unspecified comedies. Fragments of his work are preserved only through later lexicographical citations, such as those in Athenaeus, which quote lines for their unusual vocabulary [2].

His significance is primarily philological. The fragments contribute to the study of Attic dialect and comic language, and he represents the vast, poorly documented tradition of Middle or New Comedy after Menander. The play titles suggest typical comic themes of trickery and trade.

Sources 1. Suda, kappa, 2374 (via Suda On Line): https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/2374 2. Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae (via Perseus Digital Library): https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0002:book=1:chapter=1&highlight=Kriton