Home›Dramatic Genres›Era of Emergence›By Decade›1800sBrowse By1800sFacts1800sSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested500 BCE 11800sFilter Results1 entryGenre FamilyAllRealist, Problem and Documentary Drama (1)GroupAllRealist, Problem and Documentary Drama (1)Place of OriginAllFrance (1)Show ResultsProblem Play1800sSources1. 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.