Theban cycle

E110388

Greek mythological cycle cycle of myths literary cycle

The Theban cycle is a collection of ancient Greek myths and epic poems centered on the royal house of Thebes, including the tragic stories of Oedipus and his descendants.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Theban cycle canonical	14
Theban plays	3
Theban myths	2
La Thébaïde	1
Theban Cycle	1
Theban mythological cycle	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek mythological cycle ⓘ cycle of myths ⓘ literary cycle ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
focusesOn	royal house of Thebes ⓘ
genre	epic poetry ⓘ mythology ⓘ
includesCharacter	Amphion ⓘ Antigone ⓘ Cadmus ⓘ Creon ⓘ Dionysus ⓘ Eteocles ⓘ Harmonia ⓘ Heracles ⓘ Ismene ⓘ Jocasta ⓘ Laius ⓘ Niobe ⓘ Oedipus ⓘ Pentheus ⓘ Polynices ⓘ Tiresias ⓘ Zethus ⓘ
includesEvent	Laius ⓘ surface form: Oedipus killing Laius Oedipus marrying Jocasta ⓘ Oedipus solving the riddle of the Sphinx ⓘ war of the Epigoni ⓘ surface form: campaign of the Epigoni civil war between Eteocles and Polynices ⓘ curse on the house of Laius ⓘ self-blinding of Oedipus ⓘ Theban wars ⓘ surface form: siege of Thebes
includesMyth	Epigoni ⓘ Niobe ⓘ Seven Against Thebes ⓘ birth of Heracles ⓘ story of Eteocles and Polynices ⓘ story of Jocasta ⓘ story of Laius ⓘ story of Oedipus ⓘ
influenced	Greek tragedy ⓘ surface form: Athenian tragedy Euripidean tragedies about Thebes ⓘ Sophoclean Theban plays ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greek language
mainLocation	Boeotia ⓘ Thebes ⓘ
partOf	Epic Cycle ⓘ surface form: Greek Epic Cycle
preservationStatus	fragmentary ⓘ
theme	curse ⓘ divine retribution ⓘ fate ⓘ kin-slaying ⓘ royal legitimacy ⓘ
timeOfComposition	Archaic Greece ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oedipus → appearsIn → Theban cycle ⓘ

Bibliotheca → coversTopic → Theban cycle ⓘ

Thersander → mythologicalCycle → Theban cycle ⓘ

Sophocles → notableWork → Theban cycle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theban plays

Thebes → associatedWithMythologicalCycle → Theban cycle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theban Cycle

Trojan cycle → relatedCycle → Theban cycle ⓘ

Greek mythology → hasPart → Theban cycle ⓘ

Ismene → mythologicalCycle → Theban cycle ⓘ

Polybus → associatedWithMythologicalCycle → Theban cycle ⓘ

Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex" → partOf → Theban cycle ⓘ

subject surface form: Oedipus Rex

this entity surface form: Theban plays

Sophocles' play "Oedipus at Colonus" → partOf → Theban cycle ⓘ

subject surface form: Oedipus at Colonus

this entity surface form: Theban plays

Eteocles → mythologicalCycle → Theban cycle ⓘ

Antigone → appearsIn → Theban cycle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theban myths

Antigone → appearsIn → Theban cycle ⓘ

Jean Racine → notableWork → Theban cycle ⓘ

this entity surface form: La Thébaïde

Laius → mythologicalTradition → Theban cycle ⓘ

Polynices → mythologicalCycle → Theban cycle ⓘ

Seven Against Thebes → isPartOf → Theban cycle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theban myths

Epigoni → partOf → Theban cycle ⓘ

Polydorus → mythologicalCycle → Theban cycle ⓘ

Tisamenus → partOf → Theban cycle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theban mythological cycle

war of the Epigoni → partOf → Theban cycle ⓘ

subject surface form: War of the Epigoni