Euripides is a human[1]. His place of birth was Classical Athens[2]. He was born on 480 BC[3]. He passed away in Macedonia[4]. He died on 406 BC[5]. He worked as a tragedy writer[6], playwright[7], writer[8], poet[9], and philosopher[10]. He ranks in the top 0.62% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,728 views/month, #6,212 of 1,000,298).[11]
Recorded place of birth include Classical Athens[2], a polis[30], in Classical Athens[31], founded in -0508[32] and Salamis Island[12], an island[33], in Greece[34]. Recorded date of birth include 480 BC[3], 485 BC[15], 484 BC[16], 481 BC[18], and September 20, 480 BC[35]. Euripides's father was Mnesarchus[26]. His mother was Cleito[27].
Career and Affiliations
Recorded occupations include tragedy writer[6], playwright[7], writer[8], poet[9], and philosopher[10]. Fields of work include drama[36], a literary mode[37]; poetry[38], a literary form[39]; and philosophy[40], an academic discipline[41].
Works and Contributions
Notable works include Alcestis[42], a dramatic work[43]; Andromache[44], a dramatic work[45]; The Bacchae[46], a dramatic work[47]; Hecuba[48], a dramatic work[49], founded in -0424[50]; Helen[51], a dramatic work[52]; and Electra[53], a dramatic work[54], founded in -0413[55]. Things named for Euripides include Cave of him[56].
Recorded date of death include 406 BC[5], 407 BC[20], and 405 BC[21]. Recorded place of death include Macedonia[4], a realm[57], in Macedonia[58], founded in -0808[59] and Pella[14], an ancient city[60], in Greece[61]. Burial took place at Cenotaph of Euripides, Athens[25].
Why It Matters
Euripides ranks in the top 0.62% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,728 views/month, #6,212 of 1,000,298).[11] He has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] He is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]
He has been cited as an influence by Seneca[64], a playwright[65], -0004–0065[66], of Ancient Rome[67], specialised in ethics[68] and Aristophanes[69], a comedy writer[70], -0448–-0386[71], of Classical Athens[72], specialised in literature[73].
Works attributed to him include Medea[74], a dramatic work[75]; Iphigenia in Aulis[76], a dramatic work[77]; The Bacchae[78], a dramatic work[79]; Alcestis[80], a dramatic work[81]; Hippolytus[82], a dramatic work[83]; and Hecuba[84], a dramatic work[85], founded in -0424[86]. Entities named for him include Cave of him[56].
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