Parian Marble, Fragments of the Greek Historians 239 A50, 239 A63

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1 Parian Marble, Fragments of the Greek Historians 239 A50 = T 10a Kannicht

ἀφ’ οὗ Αἰσχύλος ὁ ποιητὴς τραγωιδίαι πρῶτον ἐνίκησε καὶ Εὐριπίδης ὁ ποιητὴς ἐγένετο, καὶ Στησίχορος ὁ ποιητὴς εἰς τὴν Ἐλλάδα ἀ[φίκετ]ο, ἔτη ΗΗΔΔΙΙ, ἄρχοντος Ἀθήνησι Φιλοκράτους.

1 Since the poet Aeschylus’ first victory in tragedy and the birth of the poet Euripides and the arrival of the poet Stesichorus in Greece, 222 years, Philocrates being the archon in Athens at that time (485/4 BCE).

2 Parian Marble, Fragments of the Greek Historians 239 A63 = T15a Kannicht

ἀφ’ οὗ Εὐριπίδης βι[ώσας ἔτη ΓΔΔΓΙΙΙ ΓΔΔΓΙΙΙ suppl. Boeckh : ΓΔΔΓΙΙΙΙ Jacoby ἐτ]ελεύτησεν, ἔτη ΗΔΔΔΔΓ ΗΔΔΔΔΙΙΙΙ Jacoby, ἄρχοντος Ἀθήνησιν Ἀντιγένους.

2 Since the death of Euripides, who lived for 78 years, 145 years, when Antigenes was archon at Athens (407/6 BCE).

Relevant guides Euripides