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Euripides

Ancient and Classical Literature

Euripides was a Greek tragedian of classical Athens and, along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, one of the three authors of Greek tragedy whose plays survive. Ancient scholars attributed as many as ninety five plays to him, of which nineteen survive more or less complete, more than the surviving plays of Aeschylus and Sophocles combined. He is identified with theatrical innovations that profoundly influenced later drama, especially his representation of traditional mythical heroes as ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, and Aristotle called him the most tragic of poets. His portrayal of women, particularly in Medea, has attracted particular interest for its perceptiveness and sympathy toward the difficulties facing women in Greek society. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
480 BCE 1
Birth Year
485 BCE 1
Death Year
406 BCE 1
Death Year
407 BCE 1
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Original Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc, ISO 639-3) 1
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    Euripides ... was a Greek tragedian of classical Athens.
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    was a Greek tragedian of classical Athens
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Medea...is a tragedy based on a myth, written by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides.
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