Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy

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lost Greek tragedies theatrical trilogy

Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy were a set of now-missing Greek tragedies that dramatized the mythic saga of the Theban royal house, including the story of Oedipus.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Aeschylean corpus 1
Aeschylus (Theban tradition context) 1
Aeschylus' "Seven Against Thebes" 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lost Greek tragedies ⓘ
theatrical trilogy ⓘ
associatedCharacter Antigone ⓘ
Creon ⓘ
Eteocles ⓘ
Jocasta ⓘ
Laius ⓘ
Oedipus ⓘ
Polynices ⓘ
basedOn Theban myth cycle ⓘ
myth of Oedipus ⓘ
myth of the Theban royal house ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
creator Aeschylus ⓘ
culturalContext Athenian tragedy competitions ⓘ
dramaticFocus civil war at Thebes ⓘ
curse on the house of Oedipus ⓘ
intergenerational guilt and punishment ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
hasPart Laius ⓘ
Oedipus ⓘ
Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
influenced later Theban-themed tragedies ⓘ
knownFrom ancient testimonia ⓘ
later literary references ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
likelyFirstPerformanceLocation Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ
surface form: Theatre of Dionysus in Athens
literaryForm verse drama ⓘ
lostComponents Laius ⓘ
Oedipus ⓘ
mainSubject Eteocles ⓘ
surface form: Eteocles and Polynices

Laius ⓘ
surface form: House of Laius

Oedipus ⓘ
Theban royal family ⓘ
mythicTheme divine retribution ⓘ
fate and prophecy ⓘ
kin-slaying ⓘ
mythologicalContext Theban saga ⓘ
numberOfPlays 3 ⓘ
onlySurvivingPlay Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
originalMedium Athenian stage performance ⓘ
partOf Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aeschylean corpus
setting Thebes ⓘ
status lost ⓘ
survivingComponents Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
timePeriodOfCreation 5th century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Oedipus → appearsIn → Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy ⓘ
Ismene → sourceAuthor → Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeschylus (Theban tradition context)
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy → partOf → Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeschylean corpus
Laius → appearsIn → Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeschylus' Theban plays (fragmentary)
Polynices → associatedWork → Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes
war of the Epigoni → relatedWork → Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy ⓘ
subject surface form: War of the Epigoni
this entity surface form: Aeschylus' "Seven Against Thebes"