What plays were performed at the festival of Dionysus?

At the ancient Festival of Dionysus in Athens, various types of plays were performed, primarily including tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays:

Tragedies:

- Aeschylus (c. 525–456 BCE):

- "The Suppliants"

- "The Persians"

- "Seven Against Thebes"

- Sophocles (c. 496–406 BCE):

- "Oedipus Rex"

- "Antigone"

- "Electra"

- "Ajax"

- "Philoctetes"

- Euripides (c. 485–406 BCE):

- "Medea"

- "Hippolytus"

- "The Bacchae"

- "Electra"

- "The Trojan Women"

- "Iphigenia in Tauris"

Comedies:

- Aristophanes (c. 450–388 BCE):

- "The Acharnians"

- "The Knights"

- "The Clouds"

- "The Wasps"

- "The Birds"

- "Lysistrata"

- "The Frogs"

- "The Ecclesiazusae"

- "Plutus"

Satyr Plays:

Satyr plays were short, lighthearted dramas that often involved a chorus of satyrs (half-man, half-goat creatures associated with the god Dionysus). These plays served as comic relief between tragedies. Examples include:

- Aeschylus: "Prometheus Bound" (some scholars classify this as a satyr play, while others consider it a tragedy).

- Sophocles: "Iophon"

- Euripides: "Cyclops"