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When did Euripides win his first dramatic competition?
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Euripides
Euripides, marble herm copied from a Greek original, c. 340â330 bce; in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.
Euripides won his first victory in a dramatic competition in 441 BCE. While he was first chosen to compete in the dramatic festival in 455 BCE, he was awarded the first prize only four times throughout his career.1