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Which Macedonian king invited Euripides to his court?
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Euripides
Euripides, marble herm copied from a Greek original, c. 340â330 bce; in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.
The Macedonian king who invited the Greek dramatist Euripides to his court was Archelaus.
In an effort to promote the refinements of Greek civilization within his kingdom, Archelaus extended an invitation to the playwright, who left Athens in 408 BCE to reside at the king's capital in Pella. Euripides remained in Macedonia until his death in 406 BCE.123