ANCIENT GREECE-EURIPIDES (Tragic Playwright, Greek, c. 480 - c. 406 BCE) Introduction | Biography | Writings | Major Works Introduction Back to Top of Page Euripides was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Greece (the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles). Largely due to an accident of history, eighteen of Euripides' ninety-five plays have survived in a complete form, along with fragments (some substantial) of many of his other plays.