Euphorion (tragedy poet)
Euphorion was a son of the famous Greek tragedy poet Aeschylus . He brought his father's tragedies to the Athens stage posthumously four times , winning in 431 BC. Chr. In the competition ( Agon ) the first place, whereby he could beat such outstanding poets as Sophocles and Euripides from the field due to the extraordinary popularity of Aeschylus .
Euphorion himself emerged as a tragedy poet and wrote several dramas.
Remarks
- ↑ Cf. Georg Heinrich Bode: History of Hellenic Poetry . Vol. 3: Drama . Verlag Karl Franz Köhler, Leipzig 1839, p. 227.
literature
- Albrecht Dieterich : Euphorion (3) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, column 1174.
- Georg Heinrich Bode : History of the Hellenic poetry . Vol. 3: Drama . Publisher Karl Franz Köhler, Leipzig 1839.
- Carl Werner Müller : The victory of Euphorion, the defeat of Sophocles and the defeat of Euripides in the tragic agon of the year 431 . In: Rheinisches Museum für Philologie . Vol. 145 (2002), pp. 61-67 ( PDF, 52 kB ).
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| SURNAME | Euphorion |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Son of Aeschylus, tragedy poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC Chr. |