Ezekiel the Tragedian, also known as Ezekiel the Dramatist and Ezekiel the Poet, was a Jewish dramatist who wrote in Alexandria. Some scholars have placed his work in the 2nd century BCE, though the evidence of the date is not definitive.
His only known work, Exagōgē, survives only in fragments found in the writings of Eusebius, Clement of Alexandria, and Pseudo-Eustathius, nevertheless the extensive quotations by these writers make possible the assembly of 269 lines of text, mainly in paragraphs large enough to context. The only more extensive remnant of the Greco-Jewish poets is that found in the Sibylline Oracles.
Exagōgē is a five-act drama written in iambic trimeter, retelling of the biblical story of The Exodus from Egypt. Moses is the main character of the play, and parts of the biblical story have been altered to suit the narrative's needs. These changes probably point to Ezekiel's intention to stage the play, since certain scenes that are impossible to stage were converted into monologue. This drama is unique in blending the biblical story with the Hellenistic tragic drama.
The main modern edition is a parallel-text English-Greek edition by Howard Jacobson (classical scholar).