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Euripides [a] (c. 480 – c. 406 BC) was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, but the Suda says it was ninety-two at most.
Euripides was the last of classical Athens’s three great tragic dramatists, following Aeschylus and Sophocles. It is possible to reconstruct only the sketchiest biography of Euripides. His mother’s name was Cleito; his father’s name was Mnesarchus or Mnesarchides.
Aug 9, 2023 · Euripides was one of the great Athenian playwrights and poets of ancient Greece, known for the many tragedies he wrote, including 'Medea' and 'The Bacchae.'
Apr 17, 2015 · Euripides (c. 484-407 BCE) was one of the greatest authors of Greek tragedy. In 5th century BCE Athens his classic works such as Medeia cemented his reputation for clever dialogues, fine choral lyrics and a gritty realism in both his text and stage presentations.
Jan 11, 2022 · His best known works include “Alcestis” , “Medea” , “Hecuba” , “The Trojan Women” and “The Bacchae” , as well as “Cyclops” , the only complete satyr play (an ancient Greek form of tragicomedy, similar to the modern-day burlesque style) known to survive.
Fellow and Tutor of Magdalen College, Oxford; Reader in Greek Literature, University of Oxford. Author of Greek Tragedy in Action and others. Professor of Greek, University of Bristol, England, 1944–62. Author of Greek Tragedy; Form and Meaning in Drama.
Euripides Biography. Euripides lived during the Golden Age of Athens, the city where he was born and lived most of his life. Born in 484 B.C.E., his infancy saw the repulsion of the Persian invasion, a military victory that secured Athens's political independence and eventual dominance over the Mediterranean world.
Feb 4, 2019 · Euripides (c. 484-407/406) was an ancient writer of Greek tragedy in Athens and a part of the third of the famous trio with Sophocles and Aeschylus. As a Greek tragic dramatist, he wrote about women and mythological themes as well as both together, such as Medea and Helen of Troy.
Euripides was the bad boy of Ancient Greek tragedy, a rebellious “upstart” who rejected many of the formal structural elements of drama during his time. Significantly reducing the...
Euripides (Greek: Ευριπίδης) (c. 480 – 406 B.C.E.) was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens. In contrast with Aeschylus and Sophocles, Euripides is known primarily for having reshaped the formal structure of traditional Attic tragedy; he was the first tragedian to utilize strong female characters and intelligent slaves.