Three tragedians and one comedian approached political, philosophical and ethical issues in their individualistic manner which reflected a society based on freedom of choice and responsibility, on individualistic perception of the world, on critical analysis. Aeschylos, Sophocles and Euripides, are the three great tragedy writers. Aeschylos plays reflected the fight of majestic figures exhibiting "hybris" against gods. Arrogance was punished (Persians) and hybris led Prometheus to a tragic fate. Aeschylos was born in Eleusina in a wealthy family. Only seven of his seventy-four plays exist today, The Suppliants, The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, Prometheus Bound, Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides and they reflect a language of high quality, a strong dramatic conflict, a high level of spirituality and a deep religiosity, which respects the personal choice but with the divine power being the final controller of man's fate. Sophocles' concern was with the human destiny and the influence of life on their characters. His plays (seven have been saved out of 100) evoked a varied range of emotions through an elaborate dramatic structure, which used the dialectic element to create antithesis of the characters and their value systems. The concentration was not on the plot but on the individuals and their character analysis. Euripides represented the new spirit in tragedy, creating more humanized characters conscious of their social environment, whose individual passion, actions and reactions recalled the Protagorean concept "man is the measure of all things". The development of individual characters (men, women, poor, beggars and rich) rather than the concentration on the plot, characterized Euripides' plays. Aristophanes' political and social satire reflected a strong and politically mature Athenian society that could tolerate his "attack" on the civic, social, educational, cultural and monetary elite. The richness of his expression, the abundance of plot twists and character development contribute to a great and diachronic comedy.