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Ancient Performance

Prometheus Pyrkaeus (The fire-kindler)

APGRD id
122
Year
472 BC
Genres
Satyr play
Medium of performance
Fully Staged Play
Languages
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
People involved
APGRD Notes
Pericles was choregos for this production. This was the satyr drama which completed the tetralogy: Phineus, Persians and Glaucus of Potnia. Aeschylus won the competition. Some have argued that this play and Prmoetheus Pyrphoros (the Fire-Bearer) were not different plays.