Semele (Water-Carriers)

Year: 
between 499 and 456 BC
Genres: 
Tragedy
Medium of performance: 
Fully Staged Play
Languages: 
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
People involved: 
(Dramatist)
Venues and occasions: 
Production notes: 
It is not known when this play was produced. The date range for performance given here is between the year of his first competition (acc. to Suda) and his death (Marm. Par.). It is assumed here that this play would have been produced in Athens. This play has the alternative title Hydrophoroi (Water-carriers). This play may have formed a trilogy with Xantriai (Wool-carders) and Pentheus.

How to cite this ancient performance

Semele (Water-Carriers), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/ancient-performance/performance/574 <23 April 2024>