Playwright · 480 BC – 406 BC
Euripides
Little-Known Facts
- He won the Athenian drama competition far less often than Sophocles, but more of his plays survive.
- He spent his final years at the court of the king of Macedon, where he died.
Myths & Misconceptions
Why was Euripides controversial in his own time?
His sympathetic portrayals of women and outsiders, and his open questioning of the gods and of war, unsettled traditional Athenian audiences.