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Euripides
- Timeline
- 406 BCE
- Region
- Classical Greece
Fifth-century BCE Greek tragedian, died 406 BCE. In his Iphigenia among the Taurians, the heroine recounts a deer substituted for her.
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Euripides was a Greek playwright of the fifth century BCE who died in 406 BCE; ancient sources disagree on his birth year. [3] His Iphigenia among the Taurians was probably first performed around 414–412 BCE. [1]
In the play's opening, Iphigenia says that her father Agamemnon brought her to the altar at Aulis, but ArtemisArtemisGoddess of hunting in Greek traditions and Apollo’s sister, named among the divine company in the Iliad.Glossary · Click to read the explanation rescued her, left a deer in her place and carried her to the Taurian land. This is one literary version of a Greek story. Its animal substitute invites comparison, but it does not by itself prove borrowing between this play and another text. [2]
References and notes
- Publisher chapter summary for approximate production date; chapter not read in full. Publisher chapter summary, production c. 414–412 BCE; read 14 October 2026. Return to the text ↑
- Murray translation of the opening speech on rescue, deer and the Taurian land. Gilbert Murray translation, prologue lines 92–119, especially Artemis/deer/Tauris; read 14 October 2026. Return to the text ↑
- Academic publisher extract on his career and death in 406 BCE. Published extract: Euripides' dramatic career and death in 406 BCE; checked 14 October 2026. Return to the text ↑
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IL Archive, «Euripides», Edition 3, https://ilarchive.com/en/people/euripides