Year:
between 465 and 459 BC
Scripts:
Genres:
Tragedy
Medium of performance:
Fully Staged Play
Languages:
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
People involved:
(Dramatist)
Known from:
Venues and occasions:
Theatre of Dionysus (Athens, Attica) -
City Dionysia
Production notes:
This was the first play in the tetralogy: Suppliant women, Egyptians, Daughters of Danaus, Amymone (satyr). Aeschylus beat Sophocles in the competition where he (Aeschylus) produced this play.