Alcmaeon in Psophis | |
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Written by | Euripides |
Chorus | Young women |
Characters | Alcmaeon Phegeus of Psophis Alphesiboea ? Others? |
Date premiered | 438 BC |
Place premiered | Athens |
Original language | Ancient Greek |
Genre | Tragedy |
Setting | Psophis |
Alcmaeon in Psophis (Ancient Greek:Ἀλκμαίων ὁ διὰ Ψωφῖδος,romanized: Alkmaíōn ho dià Psōphídos) is a play byAthenian playwrightEuripides. The play has been lost except for a few surviving fragments. It was first produced in 438 BCE in atetralogy that also included the extantAlcestis and the lostCretan Women andTelephus. The story is believed to have incorporated the death ofArgive heroAlcmaeon.[1]