tragedian

Example Sentences

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"A Greek playwright entered a tailor shop. The tailor asked him, 'Euripides?' The tragedian responded, 'Yes, Eumenides?'"

From Salon

I return to Shakespeare, as I return to the ancient Greek tragedians, because they reveal to me with each encounter new potential for making meaning in drama.

From Los Angeles Times

But as the ancient tragedians understood, universal patterns become more visible in extremity when sensationalism is resisted for starker truths.

From Los Angeles Times

Give me the geniuses of self-amplification and the tragedians of even small things — the ones who understand, as we now do, that every minute matters.

From New York Times

“I wanted to be a tragedian, but a friend suggested I use my voice differently,” she told the Guardian in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times