Greece
See also: List of Greek artists
- (ca. 525 BC–ca. 456 BC) Aeschylus
- (ca. 495 BC–ca. 406 BC) Sophocles
- (ca. 485 BC–ca. 406 BC) Euripides
- (ca. 448 BC–ca. 400 BC) Agathon
- (ca. 445 BC–ca. 385 BC) Aristophanes
- (ca. 343 BC–ca. 290 BC) Menander
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