Cretans

Year: 
between 455 and 428 BC
Genres: 
Tragedy
Medium of performance: 
Fully Staged Play
Languages: 
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
People involved: 
(Dramatist)
Venues and occasions: 
Production notes: 
The date of this play is uncertain and could be anywhere between Euripides' first competition in 455 (see Life of Euripides) and 428 BC. Conjectures are made primarily on metrical grounds. Collard (in Selected Fragmentary Plays, Vol. 1, p.53-78) dates it to near 438 BC.

How to cite this ancient performance

Cretans, accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/ancient-performance/performance/21 <20 April 2024>