Electra (Euripides)
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Electra (Euripides) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that retells the myth of Electra and Orestes avenging their father Agamemnon’s murder.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Electra (Euripides) canonical | 3 |
| Euripides' Electra | 1 |
| Euripides' Orestes | 1 |
| Euripides’ Electra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1705887 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Electra (Euripides) Context triple: [Atreid dynasty, appearsInWork, Electra (Euripides)]
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A.
Electra (Sophocles)
Electra (Sophocles) is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes Electra’s quest for vengeance against her mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus for the murder of her father Agamemnon.
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B.
Hecuba (Euripides)
Hecuba (Euripides) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and vengeance of the Trojan queen Hecuba after the fall of Troy.
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C.
Medea
Medea is a mythological figure from Greek tragedy, best known as a powerful sorceress who kills her own children to avenge her husband Jason’s betrayal.
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D.
Iphigenia in Tauris
Iphigenia in Tauris is a classical drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that reimagines the Greek myth of Iphigenia with an emphasis on humanism, moral conflict, and reconciliation.
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E.
Oresteia
Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies by Aeschylus that dramatizes the bloody history of the House of Atreus and the transition from personal vengeance to a system of civic justice in ancient Athens.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Electra (Euripides) Target entity description: Electra (Euripides) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that retells the myth of Electra and Orestes avenging their father Agamemnon’s murder.
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A.
Electra (Sophocles)
Electra (Sophocles) is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes Electra’s quest for vengeance against her mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus for the murder of her father Agamemnon.
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B.
Hecuba (Euripides)
Hecuba (Euripides) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and vengeance of the Trojan queen Hecuba after the fall of Troy.
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C.
Medea
Medea is a mythological figure from Greek tragedy, best known as a powerful sorceress who kills her own children to avenge her husband Jason’s betrayal.
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D.
Iphigenia in Tauris
Iphigenia in Tauris is a classical drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that reimagines the Greek myth of Iphigenia with an emphasis on humanism, moral conflict, and reconciliation.
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E.
Oresteia
Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies by Aeschylus that dramatizes the bloody history of the House of Atreus and the transition from personal vengeance to a system of civic justice in ancient Athens.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek tragedy
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play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Euripides ⓘ |
| basedOn |
myth of Agamemnon
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myth of Electra ⓘ myth of Orestes ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
family loyalty
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guilt ⓘ justice ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| chorusType | chorus of Argive women ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Electra (Sophocles)
ⓘ
Oresteia ⓘ
surface form:
Libation Bearers (Aeschylus)
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| dramaticStructure |
episodes
ⓘ
exodos ⓘ parodos ⓘ prologue ⓘ stasima ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Aegisthus
ⓘ
Agamemnon ⓘ Clytemnestra ⓘ Dioskouroi ⓘ
surface form:
Dioscuri
Electra ⓘ Orestes ⓘ Pylades ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 5th century BCE Greek drama ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Attic tragedy ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle |
Atreid saga
ⓘ
House of Atreus myth cycle ⓘ
surface form:
House of Atreus
|
| narrativeDevice | deus ex machina ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf | Euripides’ extant tragic corpus ⓘ |
| period | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| plotEvent |
Dioskouroi
ⓘ
surface form:
Dioscuri appear as ex machina
Electra and Orestes kill Clytemnestra ⓘ Electra and Orestes recognize each other ⓘ Electra lives in poverty after Agamemnon’s murder ⓘ Orestes kills Aegisthus ⓘ Orestes returns from exile ⓘ |
| setting |
Argos region
ⓘ
rural farmhouse ⓘ |
| survivingStatus | extant complete play by Euripides ⓘ |
| themeTreatment |
emphasis on psychological realism
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questioning of heroic values ⓘ |
| title | Electra ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Electra (Euripides) Description of subject: Electra (Euripides) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that retells the myth of Electra and Orestes avenging their father Agamemnon’s murder.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Euripides' Orestes
this entity surface form:
Euripides' Electra
this entity surface form:
Euripides’ Electra