''Theristai'' ( grc, Θερισταί, also known as ''Reapers'' or ''Harvesters''), is a lost

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playwright Euripides. It was initially performed at the

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in Athens in 431 BCE along with the tragedies ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. The tetralogy finished in 3rd place, behind tetralogies by Euphorion (

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' son), who won 1st prize, and

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. The play was recorded as having been lost as early as 200 BCE by Aristophanes of Byzantium in his

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for ''Medea''. No fragments have been assigned to Theristai. It has been suggested that this play may be an alternate title for Euripides' lost play ''

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'', for which several fragments are extant.

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{{Authority control Lost plays Plays by Euripides Satyr plays