Index of ' Events
Between 485 and 489 BC
Euripides was born in Salamis.
455 BC
Euripides' first participation at the City Dionysia, during the archonship of Kallias.
- Poet(s):
Euripides (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s):
Euripides Test. 3
Testimonium 3
Vita EuripidisIA.9
441 BC
Euripides' first victory at the City Dionysia, during the archonship of Diphilus.
- Poet(s):
Euripides (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory
- Source(s):
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
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
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
406 BC
Euripides died in Macedonia, while Antigenes was the archon in Athens.