Euripides’ Heracles
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Euripides’ Heracles is an ancient Greek tragedy that dramatizes the hero Heracles’ return from his labors, his divinely induced madness, and the catastrophic murder of his own family.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Euripides' Heracles | 1 |
| Euripides’ play "Heracles" | 1 |
| Heracles (Euripides) | 1 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athenian tragedy
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ancient Greek tragedy ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| alternateTitle |
Herakles
NERFINISHED
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Hercules Furens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | late 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| author | Euripides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
divine injustice
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family destruction ⓘ heroism ⓘ madness ⓘ suffering ⓘ the fragility of human fortune ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Amphitryon
NERFINISHED
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Chorus of Theban elders NERFINISHED ⓘ Heracles NERFINISHED ⓘ Iris NERFINISHED ⓘ Lycus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyssa NERFINISHED ⓘ Megara NERFINISHED ⓘ Theseus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresDeity |
Hera
NERFINISHED
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Iris NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresPersonifiedFigure | Lyssa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | City Dionysia festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance and modern adaptations of the Heracles myth
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later Roman tragedy about Hercules ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| likelyDateRangeOfComposition | c. 420–416 BCE ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse drama ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Classical Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Heracles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter |
iambic trimeter in spoken dialogue
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various lyric meters in choral odes ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | Heracles myth ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPerformance | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotEvent |
Hera sends madness upon Heracles
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Heracles attempts suicide after regaining his sanity ⓘ Heracles kills his wife and children in a fit of madness ⓘ Heracles rescues his family from the usurper Lycus ⓘ Heracles returns from completing his labors ⓘ Theseus persuades Heracles to go with him to Athens ⓘ |
| protagonist | Heracles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Thebes
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palace of Amphitryon in Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure |
episodes
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exodos ⓘ parodos ⓘ prologue ⓘ stasima ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | extant ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Euripides' Heracles
this entity surface form:
Euripides’ play "Heracles"
this entity surface form:
Heracles (Euripides)