''Theristai'' (, 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

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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 '' Syleus'', for which several fragments are extant.

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