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Euripides
Euripides was one of the three great tragic playwrights of classical Athens, writing some ninety-odd plays including Medea and The Trojan Women.…
Timeline
- c. -480–-408Athens · AtticaHe competed repeatedly in the dramatic contests at the Athenian festival of Dionysus; though he met repeated setbacks early on, he gradually established a distinctive style, becoming renowned for tragedies that focused on individual emotion and conflicts of social ethics.
- -408–-406Macedon · MacedonHe left his homeland because of political turmoil in Athens or for personal reasons, was invited to Macedon where he continued to write, and after his death his late works such as The Bacchae won prizes in Athens.
Sources
- The Cambridge History of Classical Literature: Greek Literature
- Lives of the Eminent Philosophers — Diogenes Laertius