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525 BCE - 456 BCE: Life of Greek tragedy poet Aeschylus.
496 BCE - 406 BCE: Life of Greek tragedy poet Sophocles.
493 BCE: Phrynichos' tragedy 'The Fall of Miletos' is first performed.
484 BCE - 407 BCE: Life of Greek tragedy poet Euripides.
477 BCE: Phrynichos' tragedy 'Phoencian Women' is first performed.
472 BCE: Aeschylus' tragedy 'Persians' is first performed.
468 BCE: Sophocles wins his first tragedy competition (title unknown).
467 BCE: Aeschylus' tragedy 'Seven Against Thebes' is first performed.
463 BCE: Aeschylus' tragedy 'The Suppliants' is first performed.
460 BCE - 380 BCE: Life of Greek comic poet Aristophanes.
458 BCE: Aeschylus' tragedy trilogy Orestia: 'Agamemnon', Libation Bearers or 'Choephori', and 'The Eumenides' is first performed.
457 BCE: Aeschylus' tragedy 'Prometheus Bound' is first performed.
442 BCE: Sophocles' tragedy 'Antigone' is first performed.
438 BCE: Euripides' tragedy 'Alcestis' is first performed.
431 BCE: Euripides' tragedy 'Medeia' is first performed.
430 BCE: Euripides' tragedy 'Heraclidae' is first performed.
428 BCE: Euripides' tragedy 'Hippolytus' is first performed.
426 BCE: Cheimazomenae by Cratinus is first performed.
425 BCE: Euripides' tragedy 'Andromache' is first performed.
425 BCE: Numeniae by Eupolis is first performed.
425 BCE: Archarnians by Aristophanes is first performed.
424 BCE: Satyrs by Cratinus is first performed.
424 BCE: The Knights by Aristophanes is first performed.
423 BCE: The Clouds by Aristophanes is first performed.
423 BCE: Euripides' tragedy 'Hecuba' is first performed.
423 BCE: Euripides' tragedy 'Suppliants' is first performed.
423 BCE: Pytine by Cratinus is first performed.
422 BCE: The Wasps by Aristophanes is first performed.
421 BCE: Peace by Aristophanes is first performed.
421 BCE: Maricas by Eupolis is first performed.
421 BCE: Flatterers by Eupolis is first performed.
420 BCE: Autolycus by Eupolis is first performed.
417 BCE: Euripides' tragedy 'Hercules' is first performed.
416 BCE: Euripides' tragedy 'Electra' is first performed.
415 BCE: Euripides' tragedy 'Trojan Women' is first performed.
414 BCE: The Birds by Aristophanes is first performed.
412 BCE: Euripides' tragedy 'Helen' is first performed.
412 BCE: Euripides' tragedy 'Iphigenia among the Taurians' is first performed.
412 BCE: Euripides' satyr play Cyclops is first performed.
411 BCE: Lysistrata by Aristophanes is first performed.
411 BCE: Thesmophoriazusae by Aristophanes is first performed.
410 BCE: Euripides' tragedy 'Ion' is first performed.
409 BCE: Sophocles' tragedy 'Philoctetes' is first performed.
409 BCE: Euripides' tragedy 'Phoenissae' is first performed.
408 BCE: Euripides' tragedy 'Orestes' is first performed.
408 BCE - 406 BCE: Euripides' tragedies 'Bacchae', 'Iphigenia at Aulis' are first performed.
405 BCE: The Frogs by Aristophanes is first performed.
401 BCE: Sophocles' tragedy 'Oedipus at Colonus' is first performed.
392 BCE: Ecclesiazusae by Aristophanes is first performed.
388 BCE: Plutus by Aristophanes is first performed.
368 BCE - 263 BCE: Life of Greek comic poet Philemon.
342 BCE - 291 BCE: Life of Greek comic poet Menander.
316 BCE: Dyskolos by Menander is first performed.