Timeline: Euripides

480 BCE

Euripides is born

Euripides was born in 484 BCE

480 BCE

Athens, ancient Greece

Euripides was born in Athens in ancient Greece

480 BCE

Euripides Parents

Euripides was the son of Mnesarchus and Cleito, and evidence shows that he came from a well-off family. They owned property on the island of salamis.

480 BCE

Euripides Marriages

There isn't much information on Euripides married life. He was married twice, first to a woman named melite, and then to a woman name cheorene, who produce him with 3 children. He divorced both women because they were unfaithful.

480 BCE

Euripides sons

Euripides had 4 sons named Xenofon, Mnisarhidis, Mnisilohos, and Euripides.

480 BCE

Euripides influences

Euripides was influenced by other playwrights, including two of the three most famous tragic dramatists to come out of greece, Aeschylus and sophocles. with euripides himself being the third.

480 BCE

King Xerxes

The year euripides was born, king Xerxes of Persia set out to conquer greeks

Period: 480 BCE to 406 BCE

Awards

Out of all the 92 plays Euripides had composed, he only won awards for five of them, and only 19 of his plays are still intact to this day. Although he only won 5 awards, Euripides was, on more then 20 occasions, chosen out of all the contestants to be one of the three laureates of the year.

465 BCE

King Xerxes murdered

King Xerxes is murdered by Artabanus

458 BCE

Aeschylus completes Oresteia

Greek playwright Aeschylus completes the Oresteia, a trilogy that tells the story of a family blood feud. The plays will have a great influence on future writers, and most likely influenced Euripides and his style of tragedy since he was inspired by Aeschylus.

455 BCE

Peliades

Euripides presented his first known tragedy, peliades, in the athenian festival of dionysia but did not win.

441 BCE

Euripides Plays

Over his career, Euripides wrote approximately 90 plays, 19 of which have survived through manuscripts. Euripides was also the most influential of the three most famous dramatist that came out of ancient greece. After entering and losing his first dramatic festival in 455, he won the first of his four victories in 441

438 BCE

Alcestis

Alcestis is an Athenian play and was first produced at the city Dionysia festival. The story is about the coming death of king Admetus, who is told that he will live if he can find someone who is willing to die in his place.

431 BCE

Medea

the play of Medea is based on the myth of Jason and Madea. Jason's betrayal of Madea transformed her passion into rage, which leads to Madea willing to sacrifice anything to get her revenge.

431 BCE

Peloponnesian war

The peloponnesian war was a conflict between Sparta, Athens, and their allies. This war could've been one of the reasons why Euripides finally chose to leave Athens in his older years.

Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE

Euripides Work

Euripides work often included strong and complex female characters, such as in Madea. Euripides also reflected some of the current events happening in the world. An example being, "The Trojan Woman" which portrayed the human cost of war, and was written during the Peloponnesian War

428 BCE

Hippolytus

Hippolytus was a Greek tragedy that was based don the son of Theseus, Hippolytus. The play was first produced for the city Dionysia of Athens and won first prize as part of a trilogy.

408 BCE

Where Euripides lived

Euripides grew up in Athens in ancient greece and permanently left Athens in 408 after being invited to live in macedonia by king Archelaus.

406 BCE

Euripides Death

Euripides died in Macedonia in 406 B.C.E and his plays would have an influence on later writers, including T.S. Eliot, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and many more.

406 BCE

How did Euripides die?

There are two theories to how Euripides may have died. The first is that he died after being attacked by the Molossian hounds of King Archelaus. The other theory is that he died because of a harsh Macedonean winter.