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Euripides
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Euripides was a Greek tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three authors of Greek tragedy for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, but the Suda says it was ninety-two at most. Nineteen plays attributed to Euripides have survived more or less complete, although one of these (Rhesus) is often considered not to be genuinely his work. Many fragments survive from most of his other plays. More of his plays have survived intact than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles together, partly because his popularity grew as theirs declined: he became, in the Hellenistic Age, a cornerstone of ancient literary education, along with Homer, Demosthenes, and Menander.
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Euripides was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, alongside Aeschylus and Sophocles.
More of his plays have survived than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles combined, thanks to a unique manuscript tradition.
Although ninety-five plays are attributed to him, scholars suggest some may have been written by other authors like Critias.
His most globally recognized work is the tragedy Medea, a fundamental pillar of Greek theater.
Beyond being a playwright, Euripides was a philosopher who explored Greek mythology through his intense dramas.