Timeline of Events
Between 536 and 533 BC
Thespis' first performance of tragedy at the City Dionysia.
- Poet(s):
Thespis (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Thespis Test. 1, Thespis Test. 2
Between 524 and 521 BC
Choerilus' first participation at the City Dionysia tragic contest.
- Poet(s):
Choerilus (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Choerilus Test. 1
Corresponding event(s): Choerilus' (first?) victory at the City Dionysia
Between 511 and 482 BC
Phrynichus' first victory at the City Dionysia.
- Poet(s):
Phrynichus (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory
- Source(s): Phrynichus Test. 1, Phrynichus Test. 3
Between 500 and 497 BC
Choerilus, Pratinas and Aeschylus competed at the tragic contest of the City Dionysia.
- Poet(s):
Choerilus (*),Pratinas (*),Aeschylus (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Choerilus Test. 2, Pratinas Test. 1
Between 500 and 467 BC
Collapse of the wooden benches on which the spectators stood, while a play of Pratinas was being performed.
- Poet(s):
Pratinas (*) - Type: incident
- Source(s): Pratinas Test. 1
Between 493 and 490 BC
Phrynichus stages his tragedy Capture of Miletus.
- Poet(s):
Phrynichus (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Phrynichus Test. 9, Phrynichus Test. 10
485 BC
Euetes is active as tragic poet in Athens, "six years before the Persian Wars".
- Poet(s):
Euetes (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Euetes Test. 1
Between 484 and 481 BC
Achaeus I was born during the 74th Olympiad.
- Poet(s):
Achaeus I (*) - Type: birth
- Source(s): Achaeus I Test. 1
Between 483 and 480 BC
Euetes' first (and only) victory at the City Dionysia.
- Poet(s):
Euetes (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory
- Source(s): Euetes Test. 2
483 BC
Choerilus' (first?) victory at the City Dionysia.
- Poet(s):
Choerilus (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory
- Source(s): Choerilus Test. 3
Corresponding event(s): Choerilus' first participation at the City Dionysia tragic contest
Between 483 and 471 BC
Polyphrasmon's first victory at the City Dionysia. Possibly the same event as the one recorded in Test. 2.
- Poet(s):
Polyphrasmon (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory
- Source(s): Polyphrasmon Test. 1
Corresponding event(s): Polyphrasmon's victory at the City Dionysia
Between 483 and 469 BC
Nothippus's first (and only) victory at the City Dionysia.
- Poet(s):
Nothippus (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory
- Source(s): Nothippus Test. 1, Polyphrasmon Test. 1
476 BC
Phrynichus' victory at the City Dionysia, possibly with a performance including the tragedy Phoenician Women. Themistocles was the choregos.
- Poet(s):
Phrynichus (*) - Choregus:
Themistocles (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory, choregic tragic victory
- Source(s): Phrynichus Test. 4
471 BC
Polyphrasmon's victory at the City Dionysia. Possibly the same event as the one recorded in Test. 1.
- Poet(s):
Polyphrasmon (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory
- Source(s): Polyphrasmon Test. 2
Corresponding event(s): Polyphrasmon's first victory at the City Dionysia
467 BC
Aeschylus with the plays Laius, Oedipus, Seven against Thebes and Sphinx, Aristias with the plays Perseus, Tantalus, an unknown tragedy, and the satyr drama Wrestlers, and Polyphrasmon with a tetralogy on Lycurgus, competed at the tragic contest of the City Dionysia. Aeschylus won the first and Aristias the second prize. Polyphrasmon occupied the third place.
- Poet(s):
Aeschylus (*),Aristias (*),Polyphrasmon (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance, tragic victory
- Source(s): Pratinas Test. 2, Pratinas Test. 3, Aristias Test. 3, Aristias Test. 4, Polyphrasmon Test. 3, Polyphrasmon Test. 4
466 BC
Mesatus' first victory at the City Dionysia.
- Poet(s):
Mesatus (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory
- Source(s): Mesatus Test. 1
Between 466 and 459 BC
Aeschylus with the plays Suppliants, Aegyptians, Danaids and the satyr drama Amymone, Sophocles, and Mesatus competed at the tragic contest of the City Dionysia. Aeschylus won the first and Sophocles the second prize.
- Poet(s):
Aeschylus (*),Sophocles (*),Mesatus (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance, tragic victory
- Source(s): Mesatus Test. 2
465 BC
Aristias first victory at the City Dionysia.
- Poet(s):
Aristias (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory
- Source(s): Aristias Test. 1
453 BC
Aristarchus Tegeates wins his first victory at the City Dionysia.
- Poet(s):
Aristarchus Tegeates (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory
- Source(s): Aristarchus Tegeates Test. 2, Aristarchus Tegeates Test. 3
Between 451 and 448 BC
Ion's first participation at the City Dionysia.
- Poet(s):
Ion (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Ion Test. 1
Between 448 and 445 BC
Achaeus' I first participation at the City Dionysia.
- Poet(s):
Achaeus' I (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Achaeus I Test. 1
Between 448 and 422 BC
Achaeus I stages his tragedy Momos.
- Poet(s):
Achaeus I (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Achaeus I Test. 8
Between 448 and 405 BC
Achaeus I stages his tragedy Aithon.
- Poet(s):
Achaeus I (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Achaeus I Test. 9
Between 448 and 404 BC
Achaeus' first and only victory at the City Dionysia.
- Poet(s):
Achaeus (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory
- Source(s): Achaeus I Test. 1
446 BC
Carcinus I wins a victory at the City Dionysia. A person whose name initial part is "Thal-" was the choregos.
- Poet(s):
Carcinus I (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory, choregic tragic victory
- Source(s): Carcinus I Test. 1
Between 445 and 440 BC
Menecrates' first victory at the City Dionysia.
- Poet(s):
Menecrates (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory
- Source(s): Menecrates Test. 2
Between 439 and 430 BC
Menecrates' first (and only) victory at the Lenaea.
- Poet(s):
Menecrates (*) - Festival:
Lenaea (*) - Type: tragic victory
- Source(s): Menecrates Test. 3
435 BC
Iophon competed at the City Dionysia. Nicon was the choregos.
- Poet(s):
Iophon (*) - Choregus:
Nicon (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Iophon Test. 8
431 BC
Euphorion, Sophocles, and Euripides competed at the tragic contest of the City Dionysia. Euphorion won the first prize, Sophocles the second prize, Euripides came third staging Medea, Philoctetes, Dictys, and the satyr drama Reapers.
- Poet(s):
Euphorion (*),Sophocles (*),Euripides (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance, tragic victory
- Source(s): Euphorion Test. 3
Between 429 and 425 BC
Philocles I and Sophocles competed at the tragic contest of the City Dionysia. Philocles won the first prize and Sophocles the second prize with the play Oedipus the King.
- Poet(s):
Philocles I (*),Sophocles (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance, tragic victory
- Source(s): Philocles I Test. 2, Philocles I Test. 3
428 BC
Euripides, Iophon, and Ion competed at the tragic contest of the City Dionysia. Euripides won the first prize with the play Hippolytus, Iophon the second prize, and Ion came third.
- Poet(s):
Euripides (*),Iophon (*),Ion (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance, tragic victory
- Source(s): Ion Test. 15, Iophon Test. 9
425 BC
Theognis is active as tragic poet in Athens before the staging of Aristophanes' Acharnians.
- Poet(s):
Theognis (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Theognis Test. 2, Theognis Test. 4
422 BC
Ion was probably dead before the performance of Aristophanes' Peace.
- Poet(s):
Ion (*) - Type: death
- Source(s): Ion Test. 11
422 BC
Menecrates' victory at the City Dionysia. A person from Paeania whose name final letter is "-n" was the choregos. Myniscos was the protagonist.
- Poet(s):
Menecrates (*) - Actor:
Myniscos (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory, choregic tragic victory
- Source(s): Menecrates Test. 1
421 BC
Melanthius I is active as tragic poet in Athens before the staging of Aristophanes' Peace.
- Poet(s):
Melanthius I (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Melanthius I Test. 6, Morsimus Test. 5
Between 421 and 415 BC
Philocles I staged his play Tereus or Epops before the performance of Aristophanes' Birds.
- Poet(s):
Philocles I (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Philocles I Test. 9, Philocles I Test. 11, Philocles I Test. 12
421 BC
Morsimus is active as tragic poet in Athens before the staging of Aristophanes' Peace.
- Poet(s):
Morsimus (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Morsimus Test. 5, Melanthius I Test. 6
Corresponding event(s): Melanthius I is active as tragic poet in Athens before the staging of Aristophanes' Peace
419 BC
Hera[cleides(?) won the second prize at the Lenaea with the play Theseus.
- Poet(s):
Hera[cleides(?) (*) - Festival:
Lenaea (*) - Type: tragic performance, tragic victory
- Source(s): Heracleides Test. 1
418 BC
Callistratus won the second prize at the Lenaea with the plays Amphilochus and Ixion. The protagonist was Callipides.
- Poet(s):
Callistratus (*) - Actor:
Callipides (*) - Festival:
Lenaea (*) - Type: tragic performance, tragic victory
- Source(s): Callistratus Test. 1
Between 416 and 413 BC
Xenocles I with the plays Oedipus, Lycaon, Bacchae, and the satyr drama Athamas, and Euripides with the plays Alexander, Palamedes, Trojan Women, and the satyr drama Sisyphus, competed at the City Dionysia. Xenocles won the first and Euripides the second prize.
- Poet(s):
Xenocles I (*),Euripides (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance, tragic victory
- Source(s): Nothippus Test. 1, Xenocles I Test. 1
416 BC
Agathon's victory at the Lenaea.
- Poet(s):
Agathon (*) - Festival:
Lenaea (*) - Type: tragic victory
- Source(s): Agathon Test. 1, Agathon Test. 2
Between 416 and 415 BC
Agathon's first participation at the Lenaea or the City Dionysia.
- Poet(s):
Agathon (*) - Festival:
Lenaea (*),City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Agathon Test. 8
Corresponding event(s): Agathon's victory at the Lenaea
Between 406 and 405 BC
Pythangelus dominated the Athenian stage after the death of Euripides and Sophocles, before the staging of Aristophanes' Frogs.
- Poet(s):
Pythangelus (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Pythangelus Test. 1
Between 404 and 403 BC
Diogenes of Athens is active as tragic poet in Athens, "at the time of the overthrow of democracy by the Thirty (Tyrants)".
- Poet(s):
Diogenes (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Diogenes Test. 1
Between 400 and 399 BC
Meletus II presented the tetralogy Oidipodeia at the same time Aristophanes staged the Storks.
- Poet(s):
Meletus II (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Meletus II Test. 1
364 BC
Nicomachus I came third at the Lenaea with the plays Amymone and T-.
- Poet(s):
Nicomachus I (*) - Festival:
Lenaea (*) - Type: tragic performance, tragic victory
- Source(s): Nicomachus I Test. 2