Euripides
Euripides (485-406), Greek tragic dramatist. Noted for his psychological realism, he broke away from the traditions of earlier dramatists by portraying legendary heroes as ordinary men and women. Nineteen of his plays survive, including Alcestis (438), Medea (431), which was criticized for its sympathetic treatment of the heroine, and Trojan Women (415). In 408 he was exiled to Macedonia, where he wrote his last and best known work, the Bacchae (406).
