GREEK PLAYWRIGHTS
Sophocles; 497 – 405 BC
Sophocles wrote 123 plays during his lifetime, but unfortunate only seven have survived to this day:
Some of his plays include:
Ajax. (440BC)
Antigone. (442BC)
Trachinian Women. (430 BC)
Electra (410 BC)
Oedipus the King (409? BC)
Philoctetes. (409 BC)
Oedipus at Colonus. (405 BC)
Sophocle won first prize in 468 BC at a theatre competition, beating the reigning master of Athenian drama, Aeschylus. Sophocles competed in 30 competitions and successfully won 24. For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most-awarded playwright in Athens.
Sophocles wrote 123 plays during his lifetime, but unfortunate only seven have survived to this day:
Some of his plays include:
Ajax. (440BC)
Antigone. (442BC)
Trachinian Women. (430 BC)
Electra (410 BC)
Oedipus the King (409? BC)
Philoctetes. (409 BC)
Oedipus at Colonus. (405 BC)
Sophocle won first prize in 468 BC at a theatre competition, beating the reigning master of Athenian drama, Aeschylus. Sophocles competed in 30 competitions and successfully won 24. For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most-awarded playwright in Athens.
Aeschylus: 525BC
Aeschylus wrote around 89 plays but only 7 have remained preserved.
Some of his plays include:
The Persans (472BC)
The Seven against Thebes (467BC)
The suppliants (464BC)
Agamemnon (458BC)
The libation – Bearers (458BC)
Eumendis (458BC)
Promethes Bound (431BC)
Aeschylus was the first great tragedian, and produced his first dramas in 498 BC. His first victory of a theatre competition was in 484 BC. Throughout his life he continued to write plays, and in 458 BC, he created his trilogy 'Oresteia '.
Aeschylus wrote around 89 plays but only 7 have remained preserved.
Some of his plays include:
The Persans (472BC)
The Seven against Thebes (467BC)
The suppliants (464BC)
Agamemnon (458BC)
The libation – Bearers (458BC)
Eumendis (458BC)
Promethes Bound (431BC)
Aeschylus was the first great tragedian, and produced his first dramas in 498 BC. His first victory of a theatre competition was in 484 BC. Throughout his life he continued to write plays, and in 458 BC, he created his trilogy 'Oresteia '.
Euripides : 480 BC - 406 BC
19 of his 72 works have been saved (18 tragedies and 1 drama)
Rhesus (450BC)
Alcestis (438BC)
Medea (431BC)
Heracles Children (430BC)
Hippolytus (428BC)
Hecuba (424BC)
Andromache (427-416BC)
The suppliants (422BC)
Harcales (422-416BC)
Helectra (420-410BC)
The Trojan women (415BC)
Helen (412BC)
Ion (414-412BC)
Iphigenia in tourus (413-412BC)
The Phoenician women (410-409BC)
Iphigenia in Arlis (410BC)
The Bacchae (410BC)
The Cyclops (408BC)
Orestes (408BC)
Euripides competed in the 'Great Dionysia' in 455, and then continued to compete twenty-one more times. But he only won four of these competitions for his works.
19 of his 72 works have been saved (18 tragedies and 1 drama)
Rhesus (450BC)
Alcestis (438BC)
Medea (431BC)
Heracles Children (430BC)
Hippolytus (428BC)
Hecuba (424BC)
Andromache (427-416BC)
The suppliants (422BC)
Harcales (422-416BC)
Helectra (420-410BC)
The Trojan women (415BC)
Helen (412BC)
Ion (414-412BC)
Iphigenia in tourus (413-412BC)
The Phoenician women (410-409BC)
Iphigenia in Arlis (410BC)
The Bacchae (410BC)
The Cyclops (408BC)
Orestes (408BC)
Euripides competed in the 'Great Dionysia' in 455, and then continued to compete twenty-one more times. But he only won four of these competitions for his works.
Aristophes: 452 BC- 385 BC
He wrote 44 comedies, before his decease, but only 11 exist today.
Some of his comedy include:
The Acharnians
The Knights
The Wasps (422BC)
Peace (421BC)
The Clouds (419BC)
The Birds (414BC)
The Thesmophoriazousse (411BC)
The Frogs (405 BC)
The Ecclessiazousse (390BC)
Plutus (380BC)
Aristophanes, was the most famous writer of Greek comedies. He lived most of his life through the 'Peloponnesian War', which lasted from 431 to 404. The war robbed Athens as the cultural and political capital of Greece, and many of his plays mention and make reference to the long war.
He wrote 44 comedies, before his decease, but only 11 exist today.
Some of his comedy include:
The Acharnians
The Knights
The Wasps (422BC)
Peace (421BC)
The Clouds (419BC)
The Birds (414BC)
The Thesmophoriazousse (411BC)
The Frogs (405 BC)
The Ecclessiazousse (390BC)
Plutus (380BC)
Aristophanes, was the most famous writer of Greek comedies. He lived most of his life through the 'Peloponnesian War', which lasted from 431 to 404. The war robbed Athens as the cultural and political capital of Greece, and many of his plays mention and make reference to the long war.