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Athenian Tragedy: Competitions and Works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides (c. 490–406 BCE)

Athenian Tragedy: Competitions and Works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides (c. 490–406 BCE)

  1. Great Dionysia refounded; tragedy institutionalized

    Labels: Great Dionysia, Peisistratus

  2. Aeschylus wins first City Dionysia victory

    Labels: Aeschylus, City Dionysia

  3. Aeschylus’ *Persians* premieres at Dionysia

    Labels: Aeschylus, Persians

  4. Sophocles wins first prize over Aeschylus

    Labels: Sophocles, City Dionysia

  5. Aeschylus’ *Seven Against Thebes* wins

    Labels: Aeschylus, Seven Against

  6. Aeschylus’ *Oresteia* first performed

    Labels: Aeschylus, Oresteia

  7. Aeschylus dies at Gela in Sicily

    Labels: Aeschylus, Gela

  8. Euripides first competes at City Dionysia

    Labels: Euripides, City Dionysia

  9. Sophocles’ *Antigone* first performed

    Labels: Sophocles, Antigone

  10. Euripides wins first Dionysia victory

    Labels: Euripides, City Dionysia

  11. Euripides’ *Alcestis* produced as ‘fourth play’

    Labels: Euripides, Alcestis

  12. Euripides’ *Medea* staged; third prize

    Labels: Euripides, Medea

  13. Sophocles’ *Oedipus Rex* performed (date range)

    Labels: Sophocles, Oedipus Rex

  14. Euripides’ *Hippolytus* wins first prize

    Labels: Euripides, Hippolytus

  15. Euripides stages *Trojan Women* at Dionysia

    Labels: Euripides, Trojan Women

  16. Euripides leaves Athens for Macedonia

    Labels: Euripides, Archelaus

  17. Sophocles dies after long tragic career

    Labels: Sophocles, Death

  18. Euripides dies in Macedonia

    Labels: Euripides, Death