Hippolytus
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Hippolytus is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides that dramatizes the destructive consequences of forbidden desire, honor, and divine vengeance within a royal family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hippolytus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2018425 — 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: Hippolytus Context triple: [Euripides, notableWork, Hippolytus]
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A.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Hippolyte
Hippolyte is the given name of Hippolyte Fizeau, a 19th-century French physicist known for pioneering measurements of the speed of light.
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C.
Adonis
Adonis is a strikingly handsome youth in Greek mythology whose beauty and tragic death are central to myths of love, desire, and rebirth.
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D.
Phaedra
Phaedra is a figure in Greek mythology, a Cretan princess and later queen of Athens best known for her tragic love for her stepson Hippolytus.
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E.
Alceste
Alceste is a French Baroque opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully, known for its tragédie lyrique style and collaboration with librettist Philippe Quinault.
- 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: Hippolytus Target entity description: Hippolytus is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides that dramatizes the destructive consequences of forbidden desire, honor, and divine vengeance within a royal family.
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A.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Hippolyte
Hippolyte is the given name of Hippolyte Fizeau, a 19th-century French physicist known for pioneering measurements of the speed of light.
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C.
Adonis
Adonis is a strikingly handsome youth in Greek mythology whose beauty and tragic death are central to myths of love, desire, and rebirth.
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D.
Phaedra
Phaedra is a figure in Greek mythology, a Cretan princess and later queen of Athens best known for her tragic love for her stepson Hippolytus.
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E.
Alceste
Alceste is a French Baroque opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully, known for its tragédie lyrique style and collaboration with librettist Philippe Quinault.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancient Greek tragedy
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Play ⓘ |
| author | Euripides ⓘ |
| basedOnMyth |
Theseus and Phaedra
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surface form:
Myth of Hippolytus
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| centralTheme |
Chastity
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Conflict between gods ⓘ Divine vengeance ⓘ Family tragedy ⓘ Forbidden desire ⓘ Honor ⓘ Misunderstanding and false accusation ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
Curse of a father on his son
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Divine epiphany ⓘ False accusation of rape ⓘ Suicide note ⓘ |
| contrastsCharacters | Aphrodite and Artemis ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| endingEvent |
Hippolytus
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surface form:
Death of Hippolytus
Revelation by Artemis ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
Human responsibility under divine influence
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Tension between piety and hubris ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Aphrodite
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Artemis ⓘ Chorus of Troezenian women ⓘ Hippolytus ⓘ
surface form:
Hippolytus (mythological prince)
Nurse of Phaedra ⓘ Phaedra ⓘ Theseus ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 428 BC ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceFestival | City Dionysia ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Athens ⓘ |
| genre | Tragedy ⓘ |
| hasPrologueSpeaker | Aphrodite ⓘ |
| hasSurvivingText | Yes ⓘ |
| influenced | Later adaptations of the Phaedra myth ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Classical Athenian drama ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle |
Theseus myth cycle
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surface form:
Theseus cycle
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| notableAdaptationOfMyth | Phaedra’s illicit love for her stepson ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf |
Euripidean corpus
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surface form:
Corpus of Euripides
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| settingLocation | Troezen ⓘ |
| structure |
Episodes
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Exodos ⓘ Parodos ⓘ Prologue ⓘ Stasima ⓘ |
| wonPrizeAt |
City Dionysia
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surface form:
City Dionysia 428 BC
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hippolytus Description of subject: Hippolytus is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides that dramatizes the destructive consequences of forbidden desire, honor, and divine vengeance within a royal family.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hippolytus (Euripides)