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Euripides and Sophocles die

c. 406 BCE, Macedonia and Athens. An event.

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c. 406 BCEMacedonia and Athens

about 2,430.9 years ago

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, Macedonia and Athens

Athens loses two of its three great tragic poets within about a year: Euripides, traditionally said to have died in Macedonia, and Sophocles in Athens.

Background: Euripides, Wikipedia (opens en.wikipedia.org)Background: Sophocles, Wikipedia (opens en.wikipedia.org)

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