The three best known writers of greek tragedies were Aeschylus,Euripides, and?

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A.Aristophanes
B.Homer
C.Sophocles
D.Aesop

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Answer 1

Sophocles

Aristophanes wrote plays, but comedies
Homer wrote the Iliad and Odyssey
Aesop wrote fables

Answer 2

The answer is C. (see below 4th paragraph)

No one really knows how Greek drama began. It has long been assumed that because, in the fifth century BC which was the "golden age" of Greek tragedy, dramatic competitions were part of the Greater Dionysia, a festival held in March/April in honour of the god Dionysus, then drama must have originated from religious observances, a choral hymn to the god. Eventually, the theory suggests, one member of the chorus took on an individual role and interacted with the others, and thus we had the first actor.

However there is nothing to substantiate this theory, apart from a few unclear remarks by Aristotle, and the fact that there is no reference to Dionysus in any play apart from Euripides' Bacchae, which was first performed after his death around 407/6 BC and probably written not long before he died, would tend to make the theory unlikely.

All we know about Greek theatre before the fifth century is that the best known writer/director (and possibly actor) was Thespis, from whom the term thespian derives, who was credited with the introduction of the mask. However nothing - not even a fragment - of his work survives, and so we have only tradition to guide us.

Our knowledge of Greek theatre begins with the tragedies of the fifth century and the great tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. At this time the Greater Dionysia hosted a kind of drama competition and awards ceremony. Before an audience of thousands (perhaps as many as 15,000), a number of dramatists, chosen by the principal archon (Arcwn) or magistrate, presented a series of four plays, which consisted of three tragedies on a linked theme, followed by a satyr play, a kind of burlesque of a mythical story (which might be the myth at the centre of the trilogy of tragedies).

Answer 3

Greek literature boasts three great writers of tragedy: Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus Sophocles (497 BC, 496 BC, or 495 BC – 406 BC) was one of the three great ancient Greek tragedians. According to the Suda he wrote 123 plays; in the dramatic competitions of the Festival of Dionysus (where each submission by one playwright consisted of four plays; three tragedies and a satyr play), he won more first prizes (around 20) than any other playwright, and placed second in all others he participated in (Lloyd-Jones 1994: 8). His first victory was in 468, although scholars are no longer certain that this was the first time that he competed (Scullion 2002). Only seven of his tragedies have survived complete in the medieval manuscript tradition. The most famous are the three tragedies concerning Oedipus and Antigone: these are often known as the Theban plays or The Oedipus Cycle, although they do not make up a single trilogy. Discoveries of papyri from the late nineteenth century onwards, especially at Oxyrhynchus, have greatly added to our knowledge of Sophocles' works. The most substantial fragment which has so far appeared contains around half of a satyr play, The Tracking Satyrs. Euripides (c. 480–406 BCE) was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens. Ancient scholars thought that Euripides had written ninety-two plays, four of which were probably actually written by Critias; eighteen of them have survived complete. It is now widely believed that what was thought to be a nineteenth, Rhesus, was probably not by Euripides. Fragments, some of them substantial, of most of the other plays also survive. More of his plays have survived than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles together, partly because of the chance preservation of a manuscript that was probably part of a complete collection of his works in alphabetical order. Euripides is known primarily for having reshaped the formal structure of traditional Attic tragedy by showing strong women characters and smart slaves, and by satirizing many heroes of Greek mythology. His plays seem modern by comparison with those of his contemporaries, focusing on the inner lives and motives of his characters in a way that was unknown to Greek audiences. He is also notable for having written Cyclops, the only complete satyr play currently in existence. Aeschylus (525 BC—456 BC) was a playwright of ancient Greece. Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians. Born at Eleusis in western Attica, he wrote his first plays in 498 BC, but his earliest surviving play is probably The Persians, performed in 472 BC. In 490 BC, he participated in the Battle of Marathon, and in 480 BC he fought at the Battle of Salamis. Salamis was the subject of The Persians, written eight years later; it is now generally accepted that The Suppliants, once thought to be Aeschylus's earliest surviving tragedy, and so the earliest complete Attic tragedy to survive, was written in the last decade of his life, making The Persians his earliest.

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The three best known writers of greek tragedies were Aeschylus,Euripides, and?
A.Aristophanes
B.Homer
C.Sophocles
D.Aesop

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Answer 5

C - It was definitely Sophocles - he won numerous awards during theatre festivals for his outstanding tragedies (he won 20 years in a row or something like that). Three of the best known tragedies are Oedipus Rex, Antigone, and Oedipus at Colonus.

I think Aristophanes wrote comedies, Homer wrote epics, and Aesop is known for fables.

Answer 6

Homer is probably the best known of all. He wrote the Odyssey and is probably the pre-emminent greek writer of the time.
Aesop wrote fables which were more about teaching than anything so wouldn't really be considered tragidies as such.

Answer 7

Sophocles!!
HOmer wrote Greek epic poetry

Answer 8

Sophocles

Answer 9

The answer is C Sophocles. History has it that he won more 1st prizes than any other playwright of his time (about 20).

Answer 10

I think it's Homer.