Hercules Oetaeus
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Hercules Oetaeus is a Latin tragedy traditionally attributed to Seneca the Younger that dramatizes the death and apotheosis of the hero Hercules on Mount Oeta.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heracles’ death on Mount Oeta | 1 |
| Hercules Oetaeus canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin tragedy
ⓘ
dramatic work ⓘ play ⓘ |
| apotheosisDepicted | Hercules ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | 1st century CE (traditional attribution) ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Seneca the Younger ⓘ |
| authorshipStatus | disputed ⓘ |
| basedOn | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| character |
Alcmene
ⓘ
Deianira ⓘ Hyllus ⓘ Lichas ⓘ Philoctetes ⓘ chorus ⓘ |
| corpus | Senecan tragedies (traditional) ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | fabula cothurnata ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse drama ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Roman literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Hercules ⓘ |
| meter |
iambic trimeter (dialogue)
ⓘ
lyric meters (choral odes) ⓘ |
| mythologicalContext |
Twelve Labors
ⓘ
surface form:
Labours of Hercules
deification of heroes ⓘ |
| mythologicalFigureDepicted |
Iole
ⓘ
Juno ⓘ Jupiter ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Hercules’ ascent to godhood
ⓘ
final moments of Hercules’ mortal life ⓘ |
| period | Silver Age of Latin literature ⓘ |
| placeOfApotheosis | Mount Oeta ⓘ |
| protagonist | Hercules ⓘ |
| relatedAuthor | Sophocles ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Hercules Furens
ⓘ
Trachiniae ⓘ |
| setting | Mount Oeta ⓘ |
| subject |
apotheosis of Hercules
ⓘ
death of Hercules ⓘ |
| theme |
fate and destiny
ⓘ
glorification of Hercules ⓘ heroic suffering ⓘ transition from mortality to divinity ⓘ |
| traditionalAuthor | Seneca the Younger ⓘ |
| transmission | medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Heracles’ death on Mount Oeta