Euripides

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Euripides was a classical Athenian tragedian, renowned as one of the three great ancient Greek playwrights whose surviving dramas profoundly shaped Western literature and theater.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancient Greek tragedian
Playwright
Poet
birthPlace Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity

Classical Athens
Salamis Island
citizenship Athens
contemporaryOf Aeschylus
Aristophanes
Sophocles
culture Classical Athenian culture
deathPlace Macedonia
linked to: Macedonia (Greece)

Pella
linked to: Pella, Greece
educatedIn Athens
ethnicity Greek
genre Tragedy
hasWorkCount Around 18 surviving complete plays
influenced Roman drama
Western literature
Western theatre
influencedBy Aeschylus
Sophocles
knownFor Innovative use of myth
Psychological realism in characters
Use of deus ex machina endings
Use of strong female characters
language Ancient Greek
movement Classical Greek tragedy
name Euripides
notableWork Alcestis
Andromache
Electra
Hecuba
linked to: Hecuba (Euripides)

Helen
Heracles
Hippolytus
Ion
Iphigenia in Aulis
Iphigenia in Tauris
Medea
Orestes
The Bacchae
linked to: Bacchae

The Trojan Women
occupation Dramatist
Tragedian
partOf Three great tragedians of classical Athens
subjectOf Ancient Greek literary criticism
Aristophanes’ comedies
linked to: Aristophanes
tradition Attic tragedy
wroteIn 5th century BC

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Attic Greek usedBy Euripides
Anaxagoras influenced Euripides
Hesiod influenced Euripides
Ancient Greek notableWork tragedies of Euripides
linked to: Euripides
Sophocles sharesGroupWith Euripides
Euripides name Euripides
Aeschylus influenced Euripides
Works of Hesiod usedAsSourceBy Euripides
Classical period hasMajorFigure Euripides
Greco-Roman mythology hasSource tragedies of Euripides
linked to: Euripides
Bacchae author Euripides
Iphigenia in Aulis author Euripides
subject linked to: Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)
Iphigenia in Aulis partOf Euripidean corpus
subject linked to: Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)
linked to: Euripides
Trojan Women author Euripides
subject linked to: Trojan Women (Euripides)
Ismene sourceAuthor Euripides (indirectly, in lost or fragmentary plays)
linked to: Euripides
Jean Racine influencedBy Euripides
Archelaus I of Macedon patronOf Euripides
Macaria associatedWith Euripides
Hecuba (Euripides) author Euripides
The Apotheosis of Homer depicts Euripides
Tyndareus appearsIn works of Euripides
linked to: Euripides
Ino mentionedBy Euripides
Alcestis author Euripides
subject linked to: Alcestis by Euripides
Greek tragedy majorPlaywright Euripides
Electra (Euripides) author Euripides
Iphigenia portrayedInWorkBy Euripides
Hippolytus author Euripides
Andromache (play) author Euripides
subject linked to: Andromache
Iphigenia in Tauris author Euripides
Troades influencedBy Euripides
The Frogs featuresCharacter Euripides
polis of Athens notableCitizen Euripides
Pentheus appearsInWorkBy Euripides
Ion (play) author Euripides
subject linked to: Euripides’ play "Ion"
Athenians notableDramatists Euripides
Creusa authorOfWorkAppearingIn Euripides
Creusa sourceAuthor Euripides