Philotas (in Greek Φιλωτας; lived 5th century BC) was an ancient Greek dithyrambic poet and musician, the disciple of Philoxenus of Cythera; he is considered only worthy of notice as having once gained a victory over his great contemporary Timotheus of Miletus.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.