Euripides: plays and performances (c. 480–406 BCE)

1. Euripides’ life and Athenian theatre context

   Jan 1, 484 BCELabels: Euripides, Athens, City Dionysia

   • Britannica
   • WorldHistory

2. First competition at the City Dionysia

   Jan 1, 455 BCELabels: City Dionysia, Peliades

   • Britannica
   • Peliades

3. First recorded festival victory at the Dionysia

   Jan 1, 441 BCELabels: City Dionysia, Festival victory

   • Britannica
   • Euripides

4. Alcestis premieres at the City Dionysia

   Jan 1, 438 BCELabels: Alcestis, City Dionysia

   • Alcestis
   • Randolph

5. Medea first performed at Athens’ Dionysia

   Jan 1, 431 BCELabels: Medea, City Dionysia

   • Medea
   • Britannica

6. Hippolytus wins first prize at Dionysia

   Jan 1, 428 BCELabels: Hippolytus, City Dionysia

   • Euripides
   • Randolph

7. Trojan Women staged amid Peloponnesian War

   Jan 1, 415 BCELabels: Trojan Women, Peloponnesian War

   • Britannica
   • TrojanWomen

8. Helen performed as an “escape” drama

   Jan 1, 412 BCELabels: Helen, City Dionysia

   • Britannica
   • Helen

9. Orestes debuts at the City Dionysia

   Jan 1, 408 BCELabels: Orestes, City Dionysia

   • Orestes
   • Britannica

10. Euripides leaves Athens for Macedonia

    Jan 1, 408 BCELabels: Euripides, Macedonia

    • Britannica
    • Euripides

11. Death in Macedonia and unfinished legacy

    Jan 1, 406 BCELabels: Euripides, Death

    • Britannica
    • WorldHistory

12. Bacchae and Iphigenia at Aulis staged posthumously

    Jan 1, 405 BCELabels: Bacchae, Iphigenia in

    • Bacchae
    • Iphigenia
    • UCL