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Euripides
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-480–-406 · Classical Athenian playwright

Also known as: Еврипид, يوربيديس, 에우리피데스, エウリピデス, 欧里庇得斯, Эврипид

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Known works

  • Euripides
  • Medea
  • Hippolytus (1876)
  • Bacchae
  • Hecuba