Classics 095: Greek Tragedy

Euripides

• Born 484
• First competition in 455 (he came in third)
• 442: his first first prize
• 92 plays total: only four first prizes
• Nonetheless he was the "most popular" of the three tragedians after his death
  
• Died in 407/406 in Macedon at the court of King Archelaos
• Reported to have been:
• Killed by hunting dogs
• Or torn apart by women