Euripides - Greek Playwright

A contemporary of Sophocles, Euripides was born around 484. His first competition was in 455 when he came in third. His initial first prize came in 442, but out of about 92 plays, he won only 4 more first prizes -- the last, posthumously. For generations after his death, however, he was the most popular of the 3 great Greek writers of tragedy.