Niobe

Year: 
between 468 and 406 BC
Scripts: 
Genres: 
Tragedy
Medium of performance: 
Fully Staged Play
Languages: 
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
People involved: 
(Dramatist)
Venues and occasions: 
Production notes: 
We do not know when this play was first produced. The date range given here is based on Sophocles' first competition (Mar. Par) and his last (Life of Euripides 2). It is assumed here that the play would have been performed in Athens. It has been suggested that this could have been a satyr play.

How to cite this ancient performance

Niobe, accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/ancient-performance/performance/659 <29 March 2024>