| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Euripides |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Eu·rip·i·des |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  y -r p -d z |
| DATES: | 480?–406 b.c. |
| Greek dramatist who ranks with Sophocles and Aeschylus as the greatest classical tragedians. He wrote more than 90 tragedies, although only 18, including Medea, Hippolytus, and The Trojan Women, survive in complete form. | | OTHER FORMS: | Eu·ripi·dean —ADJECTIVE
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