Home›Dramatic Genres›Era of Emergence›By Century›16th centuryBrowse By16th centuryFacts16th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested500 BCE 116th centuryFilter Results1 entryGenre FamilyAllFolk and Regional Theatre Traditions (1)GroupAllFolk and Regional Theatre Traditions (1)Place of OriginAllJapan (1)Show ResultsBunraku16th centurySources1. Tragedy (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia FoundationTragedy, lead section, ancient Greek origin sentenceQuote, Tragedy, lead section, ancient Greek origin sentenceOriginating in the theatre of ancient Greece 2500 years ago, where only a fraction of the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides survive, as well as many fragments from other poets, and the later Roman tragedies of Seneca.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.