1. Mourning appearance at the City Dionysia proagon

    · Odeon of Pericles, Athens, Greece

    Mourning appearance at the City Dionysia proagon
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    After Euripides's death, Sophocles reportedly appeared in mourning and led in his chorus and actors at the proagon before the City Dionysia. This is a reported ancient anecdote. The source identifies the 406 BC City Dionysia proagon and its Odeion venue; coordinates represent the conventional site of the Odeon of Pericles.

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