Euphorion (Ancient Greek:Εὐφορίων,Euphoríōn, fl. 431 BC) was the son of theGreek tragedianAeschylus, and himself an author of tragedies.[1] He is known solely for his victory overSophocles andEuripides in theDionysia of 431 BC. According to the 10th century ADSuda, he won four victories by producing Aeschylus' plays, but it is suggested that this may have been a single victory with four plays.[2]
No work bearing his name survives. He is purported by some to have been the author ofPrometheus Bound—previously assumed to be the work of his father, to whom it was attributed at theLibrary of Alexandria,[3]—for several reasons, chiefly that the portrayal ofZeus inPrometheus Bound is far less reverent than in other works attributed to Aeschylus,[4] and thatreferences to the play[clarification needed Which ones?] appear in the plays of the comicAristophanes. This has ledhistorians[clarification needed Who?] to date it as late as 415 BC,[4] long after Aeschylus's death. If Euphorion wrotePrometheus Bound, then there may be as many as five ancient Greek tragedians with one or more fully surviving plays:Aeschylus, Euphorion,Sophocles,Euripides, and possibly the author of the tragedyRhesus if its attribution to Euripides is incorrect.
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