Thyestes

Year: 
between 362 and 321 BC
Scripts: 
Not known
Medium of performance: 
Fully Staged Play
People involved: 
(Dramatist)
Venues and occasions: 
Production notes: 
The tradition that Diogenes of Sinope wrote tragedies is recorded in Diogenes Laertius 2, 80. His evidence together with that of Philodemus (de stoic. 14,29) offers the list of titles of these tragedies. It is not known when these tragedies were performed. The date range for performance offered here is based on the time when Diogenes came to live in Athens and Corinth (he was exiled from Sinope shortly after 362 BC) up until his death (324/321 BC). The place of performance is not certain, here it has been assumed that the plays were produced in Athens. For Diogenes of Sinope, see TrGF1, 88 Diogenes Sinopensis, p.253-8. No framgemt from the Thyestes survives but it is discussed by Diogenes Laertius (6, 73), see TrGF1, 88 Diogenes Sinopensis, F1d, p. 254-5.

How to cite this ancient performance

Thyestes, accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/ancient-performance/performance/452 <28 March 2024>