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Question 56

Which group consists of the three major Athenian tragedians whose complete plays survive?

  1. Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon
  2. Aeschylus, Sophocles, and EuripidesCorrect answer
  3. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
  4. Phidias, Ictinus, and Callicrates

Explanation

Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides form the canonical surviving trio of Athenian tragic playwrights. Aristophanes wrote comedy, while Herodotus and Thucydides composed histories rather than tragedies.

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