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  • NAME: Euripides
  • OCCUPATION: Playwright
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Athens, Greece
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Macedonia

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Euripides was the last of classical Athens' three Ancient Greek great tragic dramatists, following Aeschylus and Sophocles.


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The ancients knew of 92 plays composed by Euripides. His plays exhibit his attitude toward both religious belief and ancient myths common to Greek drama. His characters' tragic fates stem almost entirely from their own flawed natures. During the last decade of his career he began to write “tragedies” that might actually be called romantic dramas, or tragicomedies with happy endings.

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