Andromache (Euripides)

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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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Andromache	6
Euripides' Andromache	1
Euripides' play "Andromache"	1

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 ⓘ