List of ancient Greek playwrights
Appearance
Of the playwrights who wrote for the theatre of ancient Greece, not all of them are known today. The following list is therefore incomplete.
Tragedies
- Choerilus (~524 BC)
- Aeschylus (c. 525–456 BC):
- The Persians (472 BC)
- Seven Against Thebes (467 BC)
- The Suppliants (463 BC)
- The Oresteia (458 BC, a trilogy comprising Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides.)
- Prometheus Bound (authorship and date of performance is still in dispute)
- Phrynichus (~511 BC):
- The Fall of Miletus (c. 511 BC)
- Phoenissae (c. 476 BC)
- Danaides
- Actaeon
- Alcestis
- Tantalus
- Achaeus of Eretria (484-c. 405 BC)
- Adrastus
- Linus
- Cycnus
- Eumenides
- Philoctetes
- Pirithous
- Theseus
- Œdipus
- Achaeus of Syracuse (c. 356 BC)
- Agathon (c. 448–400 BC)
- Aphareus (4th century BC)
- Asklepios**
- Akhilleus**
- Tantalos**
- Sophocles (c. 495-406 BC):
- Theban plays, or Oedipus cycle:
- Antigone (c. 442 BC)
- Oedipus the King (c. 429 BC)
- Oedipus at Colonus (401 BC, posthumous)
- Ajax (unknown, presumed earlier in career)
- The Trachiniae (unknown)
- Electra (unknown, presumed later in career)
- Philoctetes (409 BC)
- Theban plays, or Oedipus cycle:
- Euripides (c. 480–406 BC):
- Alcestis (438 BC)
- Medea (431 BC)
- The Heracleidae (Herakles Children) (c. 429 BC)
- Hippolytus (428 BC)
- Electra (c. 420 BC)
- Sisyphos (415 BC)
- Andromache (428-24 BC)
- The Suppliants (422 BC)
- Hecuba (424 BC)
- Herakles (421-416 BC)
- The Trojan Women (Troades) (415 BC)
- Ion (414-412 BC)
- Iphigenia in Tauris (414-412 BC)
- Helen (412 BC)
- The Phoenician Women (The Phoinissae) (411-409 BC)
- Iphigenia At Aulis (Iphigenia ad Aulis) (410 BC)
- Orestes (408 BC)
- The Cyclops (c. 408 BC)
- The Bacchae (405 BC, posthumous)
- Rhesus (unknown)
- Euphorion (5th century BC); possibly the author of Prometheus Bound, which is often attributed to his father Aeschylus
- "Phaesus" (411-321 BC)
Comedies
- Susarion of Megara (~580 BC)
- Epicharmus of Kos (~540-450 BC)
- Phormis, late 6th century
- Dinolochus, 487 BC
- Euetes 485 BC
- Euxenides 485 BC
- Mylus 485 BC
- Chionides 487 BC
- Magnes 472 BC
- Cratinus (~520-420 BC)
- Crates c. 450 BC
- Ecphantides
- Pisander
- Epilycus
- Callias Schoenion
- Hermippus 435 BC
- Myrtilus
- Lysimachus
- Hegemon of Thasos, 413 BC
- Sophron
- Phrynichus
- Lycis, before 405 BC
- Lucrideus (c. 206 BC)
- Leucon
- Lysippus
- Eupolis (~446-411 BC)
- Aristophanes (c. 446-388 BC), a leading source for Greek Old Comedy
- The Acharnians (425 BC)
- The Knights (424 BC)
- The Clouds (423 BC)
- The Wasps (422 BC)
- Peace (421 BC)
- The Birds (414 BC)
- Lysistrata (411 BC)
- Thesmophoriazusae (c. 411 BC)
- The Frogs (405 BC)
- Assemblywomen (c. 392 BC)
- Plutus (388 BC)
- Pherecrates 420 BC
- Diocles of Phlius
- Sannyrion
- Philyllius, 394 BC
- Hipparchus
- Archippus
- Polyzelus
- Philonides
- Eunicus 5th century BC
- Telecleides 5th century BC
- Euphonius 458 BC
- Phrynichus (~429 BC)
- Cantharus 422 BC
- Ameipsias (c. 420 BC)
- Strattis (~412-390 BC)
- Cephisodorus 402 BC
- Plato (comic poet) late 5th century BC
- Theopompus c. 410 - c.380 BC
- Nicophon 5th century BC
- Nicochares (d.~345 BC)
- Eubulus early 4th century BC
- Araros, son of Aristophanes 388, 375
- Antiphanes (~408-334 BC)
- Anaxandrides 4th century BC
- Calliades 4th century BC
- Nicostratus
- Phillipus
- Philetarus c. 390-c. 320 BC
- Anaxilas 343 BC
- Ophelion
- Callicrates
- Heraclides[disambiguation needed], 348 BC
- Alexis (~375 - 275 BC)
- Amphis mid-4th century BC
- Axionicus
- Cratinus Junior
- Eriphus
- Epicrates of Ambracia 4th century BC
- Stephanus, 332 BC
- Strato
- Aristophon
- Euphron
- Sotades
- Augeas
- Epippus
- Heniochus
- Epigenes
- Mnesimachus
- Timotheus
- Sophilus
- Antidotus
- Naucrates
- Xenarchus
- Dromo
- Crobylus
- Philippides
- Philemon of Soli or Syracuse (~362–262 BC)
- Menander (c. 342-291 BC), a leading source for Greek New Comedy
- Dyskolos (317 BC)
- Apollodorus of Carystus (~300-260 BC)
- Diphilus of Sinope (~340-290 BC)
- Dionysius
- Timocles 324 BC
- Theophilus
- Sosippus
- Anaxippus, 303 BC
- Demetrius, 299 BC
- Archedicus, 302 BC
- Sopater, 282 BC
- Damoxenus c. 370 BC - 270 BC
- Hegesippus, or Crobylus
- Theognetus
- Bathon
- Diodorus
- Machon of Corinth/Alexandria 3rd century BC
- Poseidippus of Cassandreia (~316–250 BC)
- Epinicus (~217 BC)
- Laines or Laenes 185 BC
- Philemon 183 BC
- Chairion or Chaerion 154 BC