Andromache (Euripides)

E467095

ancient Greek tragedy play work by Euripides

Andromache (Euripides) is an ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides that follows the suffering and persecution of Hector’s widow Andromache after the fall of Troy.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Andromache	6
Andromache (Euripides) canonical	1
Euripides' Andromache	1
Euripides' play "Andromache"	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4736868 — 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: Andromache (Euripides)
Context triple: [Trojan Women, relatedWork, Andromache (Euripides)]

A. 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.
B. Trojan Women (Euripides)
Trojan Women is a tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and despair of the women of Troy in the aftermath of the city's destruction in the Trojan War.
C. Helen of Troy in The Trojan Women
Helen of Troy in *The Trojan Women* is the mythic Spartan queen whose beauty sparked the Trojan War, portrayed as a complex and controversial figure amid the suffering of Troy’s defeated women.
D. Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)
Iphigenia in Aulis is a tragedy by Euripides that dramatizes Agamemnon’s agonizing decision to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia to secure favorable winds for the Greek fleet sailing to Troy.
E. Iphigenia
Iphigenia is a tragic heroine in Greek mythology, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, best known for her near-sacrifice at Aulis and later roles in Euripides’ plays.
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: Andromache (Euripides)
Target entity description: Andromache (Euripides) is an ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides that follows the suffering and persecution of Hector’s widow Andromache after the fall of Troy.

A. 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.
B. Trojan Women (Euripides)
Trojan Women is a tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and despair of the women of Troy in the aftermath of the city's destruction in the Trojan War.
C. Helen of Troy in The Trojan Women
Helen of Troy in *The Trojan Women* is the mythic Spartan queen whose beauty sparked the Trojan War, portrayed as a complex and controversial figure amid the suffering of Troy’s defeated women.
D. Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)
Iphigenia in Aulis is a tragedy by Euripides that dramatizes Agamemnon’s agonizing decision to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia to secure favorable winds for the Greek fleet sailing to Troy.
E. Iphigenia
Iphigenia is a tragic heroine in Greek mythology, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, best known for her near-sacrifice at Aulis and later roles in Euripides’ plays.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek tragedy ⓘ play ⓘ work by Euripides ⓘ
antagonist	Hermione NERFINISHED ⓘ Menelaus NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateDateOfComposition	5th century BCE ⓘ likely between 430 BCE and 420 BCE ⓘ
author	Euripides NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	myth of Andromache, widow of Hector ⓘ
chorusType	women of Phthia NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
dramaticStructure	prologue, parodos, episodes, stasima, exodos ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Hector (mentioned, deceased) NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresDeity	Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ Thetis NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	tragedy ⓘ
hasChorus	yes ⓘ
intendedPerformanceContext	Athenian dramatic festivals ⓘ
literaryForm	verse drama ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Classical Greek literature ⓘ
literaryTradition	Athenian tragedy ⓘ
mainCharacter	Andromache NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermione NERFINISHED ⓘ Menelaus NERFINISHED ⓘ Neoptolemus NERFINISHED ⓘ Orestes NERFINISHED ⓘ Peleus NERFINISHED ⓘ
meter	iambic trimeter (dialogue) ⓘ various lyric meters (choral odes) ⓘ
mythologicalCycle	Trojan War cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus	post-war fate of Trojan women ⓘ
originalLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
originalMedium	theatrical performance ⓘ
plotSummary	Andromache, enslaved by Neoptolemus, is persecuted by his wife Hermione and Menelaus and is ultimately rescued through the intervention of Peleus and the gods ⓘ
protagonistStatus	Andromache is a Trojan war widow and slave NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor	Hecuba NERFINISHED ⓘ Helen NERFINISHED ⓘ Trojan Women NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Phthia in Thessaly NERFINISHED ⓘ
survivesIn	medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
survivingStatus	text largely survives ⓘ
theme	abuse of power ⓘ jealousy and rivalry between women ⓘ justice and divine intervention ⓘ persecution and oppression ⓘ suffering of war captives ⓘ
timeOfSetting	after the fall of Troy ⓘ
title	Andromache NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited