Home›Dramatic Genres›Era of Emergence›By Century›18th centuryBrowse By18th centuryFacts18th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested500 BCE 118th centuryFilter Results2 entriesGenre FamilyAllRealist, Problem and Documentary Drama (1)Spanish Golden Age Theatre (1)GroupAllRealist, Problem and Documentary Drama (1)Spanish Golden Age Theatre (1)Place of OriginAllFrance (1)Spain (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 2Fin de Fiesta18th centuryProblem Play18th 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.