Definition of "tragedians" [tragedians]

• Plural form of tragedian. (noun)

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• "Why do we continue to revere Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides when Aristotle mentions none of them in citing the greatest tragedians of ancient Greece?"
• "Ross Anderson, writing for The Times, summed up the euphoric reactions of the press when he stated that, 'In its praise, critics have summoned Shakespeare, Dickens, Tolstoy and the Greek tragedians.'"
• "Intellect destroys, negatives, satirizes and ends in pure nihilism, instinct creates life, endlessly, hurling forth profusely and blindly its clowns, tragedians and comedians."