Proteus

Year: 
458 BC
Genres: 
Satyr play
Satyr play
Medium of performance: 
Fully Staged Play
Languages: 
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
People involved: 
(Dramatist)
(Sponsor/Choregos)
Venues and occasions: 
Production notes: 
This was the first production of Aeschylus' 'Oresteia' trilogy. The tetralogy was: Agamemnon, Choephori, Eumenides and Proteus (satyr). Xenocles was choregos for this production. This was supposedly the last time that Aeschylus competed in the Dionysia.

How to cite this ancient performance

Proteus, accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/ancient-performance/performance/147 <13 May 2024>