The Eumenides
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The Eumenides is the third play in Aeschylus’ Oresteia trilogy, dramatizing Orestes’ trial in Athens and the transformation of the vengeful Furies into benevolent protectors of justice.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eumenides | 6 |
| The Eumenides canonical | 4 |
| Aeschylus' Eumenides | 1 |
| Aeschylus' The Eumenides | 1 |
| The Chorus of Furies | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2112651 — 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: The Eumenides Context triple: [Oresteia, hasPart, The Eumenides]
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A.
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.
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B.
The Suppliants
The Suppliants is an ancient Greek tragedy traditionally attributed to Aeschylus that dramatizes the plight of the Danaids seeking asylum from forced marriage.
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C.
Electra (Euripides)
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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D.
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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E.
Antigone
Antigone is a tragic heroine from Greek mythology and Sophocles’ Theban plays, known for defying royal authority to honor her family and the gods.
- 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: The Eumenides Target entity description: The Eumenides is the third play in Aeschylus’ Oresteia trilogy, dramatizing Orestes’ trial in Athens and the transformation of the vengeful Furies into benevolent protectors of justice.
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A.
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.
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B.
The Suppliants
The Suppliants is an ancient Greek tragedy traditionally attributed to Aeschylus that dramatizes the plight of the Danaids seeking asylum from forced marriage.
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C.
Electra (Euripides)
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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D.
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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E.
Antigone
Antigone is a tragic heroine from Greek mythology and Sophocles’ Theban plays, known for defying royal authority to honor her family and the gods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancient Greek tragedy
ⓘ
play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
The Eumenides
ⓘ
surface form:
Eumenides
|
| author | Aeschylus ⓘ |
| awarded | first prize at the City Dionysia of 458 BC ⓘ |
| centralEvent | trial of Orestes in Athens ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| depicts | transformation of the Furies into the Eumenides ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | choral tragedy with episodes and stasima ⓘ |
| featuresInstitution |
Areopagus
ⓘ
surface form:
Areopagus court
|
| firstPerformanceDate | 458 BC ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceFestival | City Dionysia ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Athens ⓘ |
| focusesOn | absolution of matricide ⓘ |
| follows |
Oresteia
ⓘ
surface form:
The Libation Bearers
|
| genre |
Athenian tragedy
ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | chorus of chthonic deities ⓘ |
| hasDeityCharacter |
Apollo
ⓘ
Athena ⓘ Erinyes ⓘ
surface form:
The Furies
|
| influenced | later conceptions of legal justice in Western literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Classical Greek literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Apollo
ⓘ
Athena ⓘ Orestes ⓘ The Eumenides self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Chorus of Furies
Erinyes ⓘ
surface form:
The Furies
|
| mythologicalBasis |
House of Atreus myth cycle
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Atreus cycle
Orestes myth ⓘ |
| narrativeOutcome | Orestes acquitted by tied jury and Athena’s vote ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Greek title: Εὐμενίδες ⓘ |
| partOf | Oresteia ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | third play in the Oresteia trilogy ⓘ |
| precedes | no further play in the Oresteia ⓘ |
| prequel |
Oresteia
ⓘ
surface form:
The Libation Bearers
|
| sequelTo |
Oresteia
ⓘ
surface form:
The Libation Bearers
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| setting |
Athens
ⓘ
Delphi ⓘ |
| symbolizes | shift from personal revenge to civic institutions of justice ⓘ |
| theme |
conflict between old gods and new gods
ⓘ
divine intervention in human justice ⓘ establishment of the rule of law ⓘ justice ⓘ transition from blood vengeance to civic law ⓘ |
| trilogyCompanionWork |
Agamemnon
ⓘ
Oresteia ⓘ
surface form:
The Libation Bearers
|
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Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eumenides
this entity surface form:
Aeschylus' The Eumenides
this entity surface form:
Eumenides
this entity surface form:
The Chorus of Furies
this entity surface form:
Eumenides
this entity surface form:
Eumenides
this entity surface form:
Eumenides
this entity surface form:
Aeschylus' Eumenides