Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus
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Euripides’ tragedy *Hippolytus* is a classical Greek drama that explores themes of chastity, desire, and divine vengeance through the doomed conflict between the chaste Hippolytus, his stepmother Phaedra, and the gods who manipulate their fates.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus Context triple: [Troezen, mentionedIn, Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus]
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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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B.
Iphigenia in Tauris
Iphigenia in Tauris is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that follows Iphigenia’s life as a priestess in a foreign land after her supposed sacrifice, exploring themes of family, identity, and escape.
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C.
Bacchae
Bacchae is an ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides that dramatizes the arrival of the god Dionysus in Thebes and the devastating consequences of resisting his cult.
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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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E.
The Women of Trachis
The Women of Trachis is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes the tragic fate of Heracles and his wife Deianeira, exploring themes of love, jealousy, and unintended destruction.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus Target entity description: Euripides’ tragedy *Hippolytus* is a classical Greek drama that explores themes of chastity, desire, and divine vengeance through the doomed conflict between the chaste Hippolytus, his stepmother Phaedra, and the gods who manipulate their fates.
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A.
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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B.
Iphigenia in Tauris
Iphigenia in Tauris is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that follows Iphigenia’s life as a priestess in a foreign land after her supposed sacrifice, exploring themes of family, identity, and escape.
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C.
Bacchae
Bacchae is an ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides that dramatizes the arrival of the god Dionysus in Thebes and the devastating consequences of resisting his cult.
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D.
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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E.
The Women of Trachis
The Women of Trachis is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes the tragic fate of Heracles and his wife Deianeira, exploring themes of love, jealousy, and unintended destruction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek tragedy
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play ⓘ |
| author | Euripides ⓘ |
| award | first prize at the City Dionysia ⓘ |
| basedOnMythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
chastity
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conflict between humans and gods ⓘ desire ⓘ divine vengeance ⓘ honor and reputation ⓘ misunderstanding and false accusation ⓘ sexual morality ⓘ |
| closingSpeaker | Artemis ⓘ |
| divineMotive | Aphrodite’s revenge on Hippolytus ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Aphrodite
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Artemis ⓘ Chorus of Troezenian women ⓘ Hippolytus ⓘ Nurse of Phaedra ⓘ Phaedra ⓘ Theseus ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceFestival | City Dionysia ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Athens ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 428 BC ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Hippolytus Veiled (lost earlier version)
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| influenced |
Phaedra
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surface form:
Racine’s Phèdre
Seneca’s Phaedra ⓘ later interpretations of Phaedra myth ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Classical Greek literature ⓘ |
| moralIssue |
extremes of chastity
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limits of human piety ⓘ power of erotic desire ⓘ |
| openingSpeaker | Aphrodite ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Hippolytus’ fatal chariot accident
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Phaedra’s illicit desire for Hippolytus ⓘ Phaedra’s suicide ⓘ Theseus’ curse on Hippolytus ⓘ false accusation of rape against Hippolytus ⓘ posthumous revelation of truth ⓘ |
| setting | Troezen ⓘ |
| structure |
episodes and stasima
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exodos ⓘ parodos ⓘ prologue ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | extant ⓘ |
| trilogyContext | presented with other plays at the City Dionysia ⓘ |
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Subject: Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus Description of subject: Euripides’ tragedy *Hippolytus* is a classical Greek drama that explores themes of chastity, desire, and divine vengeance through the doomed conflict between the chaste Hippolytus, his stepmother Phaedra, and the gods who manipulate their fates.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
works of Euripides
this entity surface form:
Euripides' Hippolytus
this entity surface form:
Myth of Hippolytus
this entity surface form:
Euripides, Hippolytus
Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus
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Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus
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subject surface form:
Hippolytus (Euripides)
this entity surface form:
Hippolytus Veiled (lost earlier version)
this entity surface form:
Euripides’ tragedy "Hippolytus"
this entity surface form:
Euripides’ tragedy "Hippolytus Veiled"