Prometheus Pyrkaeus (The fire-kindler)

Year: 
472 BC
Genres: 
Satyr play
Medium of performance: 
Fully Staged Play
Languages: 
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
People involved: 
(Dramatist)
(Sponsor/Choregos)
Venues and occasions: 
Production 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.

How to cite this ancient performance

Prometheus Pyrkaeus (The fire-kindler), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/ancient-performance/performance/122 <15 November 2024>