6 moments

1. Birth on Salamis

   0480-01-01 BC · Salamis Island, Attica, Greece

   

   Traditional biographical accounts place Euripides's birth on Salamis Island around 480 BC. The birth year and location are traditional and approximate; coordinates represent Salamis Island.

2. First City Dionysia competition

   0455-01-01 BC · Athens, Attica, Greece

   

   Euripides made his first recorded competition appearance at the City Dionysia, the principal Athenian dramatic festival. The source identifies the festival as Athenian but does not specify a precise venue; coordinates represent ancient Athens.

3. Residence in Magnesia

   0409-01-01 BC · Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece

   

   An ancient biographical tradition records a residence in Magnesia before Euripides went to the court of Archelaus in Macedonia. The date is conventionally approximate, around 409 BC. This derives from an ancient biographical tradition whose details cannot all be independently verified; coordinates represent the Magnesia region near Volos.

4. Final competition in Athens

   0408-01-01 BC · Athens, Attica, Greece

   

   Euripides's last recorded competition in Athens occurred in 408 BC, shortly before the tradition places him in Macedon. The precise festival venue is not specified; coordinates represent ancient Athens.

5. Journey to Archelaus's court

   0408-01-01 BC · Macedon, Greece

   

   After the 408 Dionysia competition, Euripides went to Macedonia as a guest of King Archelaus, according to a modern scholarly edition. The move is conventionally placed after the 408 competition; the exact arrival date and elements of the Macedonian tradition remain debated. Coordinates are a representative point in ancient Macedon.

6. Death in Macedon

   0406-01-01 BC · Macedon, Greece

   

   The conventional chronology places Euripides's death in Macedonia in 407/6 BC, after his late-life move there. 406 BC is the conventional single-year rendering of 407/6 BC. The exact place of death within Macedonia is not securely established; coordinates are representative.