BIOGRAPHY

    He was born in 480 BC in Halandri, Athens on the day of the battleship of Salamina. His parents were very poor but he had a fine education, being a student of Anaxagoras and a close friend to Socrates.

   He wrote 72 works, 19 of which are saved ( 18 tradgedies and 1 satiric drama: "The Cyclops")

    He died violently in 406 in Pella, killed by wild dogs