Euripides:
(/jʊəˈrɪpᵻdiːz/ or /jɔːˈrɪpᵻdiːz/;[1] Greek: Εὐριπίδης; Ancient
Greek: [eu̯.riː.pí.dɛːs]) (c. 480 – c. 406 BC) was a tragedian of classical Athens. He is one of the few whose plays have survived,
with the others being Aeschylus, Sophocles, and potentially Euphorion. Some ancient
scholars attributed 95 plays to him but according to the Suda it
was 92 at most. Of these, 18 or 19 have survived more or less complete (there
has been debate about his authorship of Rhesus, largely on stylistic
grounds)[2] and there are also fragments, some substantial,
of most of the other plays. More of his plays have survived intact than those
of Aeschylus and Sophocles together,
partly due to mere chance and partly because his popularity grew as theirs
declined[3][4]—he became, in the Hellenistic
Age, a cornerstone of ancient literary education,
along with Homer, Demosthenes and Menander.
