List of ancient Greek playwrights

Of the playwrights who wrote for the theatre of ancient Greece, not all of them are known today. The following list is therefore incomplete.

Tragedies

• Chos (~524 BC)
• Aeschylus (c. 525–456 BC):
  • The Persians (472 BC)
  • Seven Against Thebes (467 BC)
  • The Suppliants (463 BC)
  • The Oresteia (458 BC, a trilogy comprising Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides.)
  • Prometheus Bound (authorship and date of performance is still in dispute)
• Phrynichus (~511 BC):
  • The Fall of Miletus (c. 511 BC)
  • Phoenissae (c. 476 BC)
  • Danaides
  • Actaeon
  • Alcestis
  • Tantalus
• Achaeus of Eretria (484-c. 405 BC)
  • Adrastus
  • Linus
  • Cycnus
  • Eumenides
  • Philoctetes
  • Pirithous
  • Theseus
  • Œdipus
• Achaeus of Syracuse (c. 356 BC)
• Agathon (c. 448–400 BC)
• Aphareus (4th century BC)
  • Asklepios**
  • Akhilleus**
  • Tantalos**
• Sophocles (c. 495-406 BC):
  • Theban plays, or Oedipus cycle:
    • Antigone (c. 442 BC)
    • Oedipus Rex (c. 429 BC)
    • Oedipus at Colonus (401 BC, posthumous)
  • Ajax (unknown, presumed earlier in career)
  • The Trachiniae (unknown)
  • Electra (unknown, presumed later in career)
  • Philoctetes (409 BC)
• Euripides (c. 480–406 BC):
  • Alcestis (438 BC)
  • Medea (431 BC)
  • The Heracleidae (Herakles Children) (c. 429 BC)
  • Hippolytus (428 BC)
  • Electra (c. 420 BC)
  • Sisyphos (415 BC)
  • Andromache (428-24 BC)
  • The Suppliants (422 BC)
  • Hecuba (424 BC)
  • Herakles (421-416 BC)
  • The Trojan Women (Troades) (415 BC)
  • Ion (414-412 BC)
  • Iphigenia in Tauris (414-412 BC)
  • Helen (412 BCE)
  • The Phoenician Women (The Phoinissae) (411-409 BC)
  • Iphigenia At Aulis (Iphigenia ad Aulis) (410 BC)
  • Orestes (408 BC)
  • The Cyclops (c. 408 BC)
  • The Bacchae (405 BCE, posthumous)
  • Rhesus (unknown)
• Euphorion (5th century BC); possibly the author of Prometheus Bound, which is often attributed to his father Aeschylus
• "Phaesus" (411-321 BC)

Comedies

• Susarion of Megara (~580 BCE)
• Epicharmus of Kos (~540-450 BCE)
• Phormis, late 6th century
• Dinolochus, 487 BCE
• Euetes 485 BCE
• Euxenides 485 BCE
• Mylus 485 BCE
• Chionides 487 BCE
• Magnes 472 BCE
• Cratinus (~520-420 BCE)
• Crates c. 450 BCE
• Ecphantides
• Pisander
• Epilycus
• Callias Schoenion
• Hermippus 435 BCE
• Myrtilus
• Lysimachus
• Hegemon of Thasos, 413 BCE
• Sophron
• Phrynichus
• Lycis, before 405 BCE
• Lucrideus (c. 206 BCE)
• Leucon
• Lysippus
• Eupolis (~446-411 BCE)
• Aristophanes (c. 446-388 BCE), a leading source for Greek Old Comedy
  • The Acharnians (425 BCE)
  • The Knights (424 BCE)
  • The Clouds (423 BCE)
  • The Wasps (422 BCE)
  • Peace (421 BCE)
  • The Birds (414 BCE)
  • Lysistrata (411 BCE)
  • Thesmophoriazusae (c. 411 BCE)
  • The Frogs (405 BCE)
  • Assemblywomen (c. 392 BCE)
  • Plutus (388 BCE)
• Pherecrates 420 BCE
• Diocles of Phlius
• Sannyrion
• Philyllius, 394 BCE
• Hipparchus
• Archippus
• Polyzelus
• Philonides
• Eunicus 5th century BCE
• Telecleides 5th century BCE
• Euphonius 458 BCE
• Phrynichus (~429 BCE)
• Cantharus 422 BCE
• Ameipsias (c. 420 BCE)
• Strattis (~412-390 BCE)
• Cephisodorus 402 BCE
• Plato (comic poet) late 5th century BCE
• Theopompus c. 410 - c.380 BCE
• Nicophon 5th century BCE
• Nicochares (d.~345 BCE)
• Eubulus early 4th century BCE
• Araros, son of Aristophanes 388, 375
• Antiphanes (~408-334 BCE)
• Anaxandrides 4th century BCE
• Calliades 4th century BCE
• Nicostratus
• Phillipus
• Philetarus c. 390-c. 320 BCE
• Anaxilas 343 BCE
• Ophelion
• Callicrates
• Heraclides, 348 BCE
• Alexis (~375 - 275 BCE)
• Amphis mid-4th century BCE
• Axionicus
• Cratinus Junior
• Eriphus
• Epicrates of Ambracia 4th century BCE
• Stephanus, 332 BCE
• Strato
• Aristophon
• Euphron
• Sotades
• Augeas
• Epippus
• Heniochus
• Epigenes
• Mnesimachus
• Timotheus
• Sophilus
• Antidotus
• Naucrates
• Xenarchus
• Dromo
• Crobylus
• Philippides
• Philemon of Soli or Syracuse (~362–262 BCE)
• Menander (c. 342-291 BCE), a leading source for Greek New Comedy
  • Dyskolos (317 BCE)
• Apollodorus of Carystus (~300-260 BCE)
• Diphilus of Sinope (~340-290 BCE)
• Dionysius
• Timocles 324 BCE
• Theophilus
• Sosippus
• Anaxippus, 303 BCE
• Demetrius, 299 BCE
• Archedicus, 302 BCE
• Sopater, 282 BCE
• Damoxenus c. 370 BC - 270 BCE
• Hegesippus, or Crobylus
• Theognetus
• Bathon
• Diodorus
• Machon of Corinth/Alexandria 3rd century BCE
• Poseidippus of Cassandreia (~316–250 BCE)
• Epinicus (~217 BCE)
• Laines or Laenes 185 BCE
• Philemon 183 BCE
• Chairion or Chaerion 154 BCE