Euripides

/jʊˈɹɪp.ɪˌdiz/ name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Greek tragedian (c. 480–406 B.C.E.); Euripides was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens.
  2. 2
    A male given name from Ancient Greek, mostly representing a transliteration of the modern Greek Ευριπίδης (Evripídis).

Example

More examples

"The poets, Thucydides and Euripides, were students of Anaxagoras."

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Εὐρῑπῐ́δης (Eurīpĭ́dēs).

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