Euripides’ Heracles
E483926
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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Euripides' Heracles | 1 |
| Euripides’ Heracles canonical | 1 |
| Euripides’ play "Heracles" | 1 |
| Heracles (Euripides) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4886505 — 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: Euripides’ Heracles Context triple: [Capture of Cerberus, narratedIn, Euripides’ Heracles]
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A.
Euripides’ play Heracleidae
Euripides’ play *Heracleidae* is an ancient Greek tragedy that dramatizes the persecution and eventual deliverance of Heracles’ children as they seek asylum in Athens, highlighting themes of justice, supplication, and Athenian heroism.
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B.
Euripides' Helen
Euripides' Helen is an ancient Greek tragedy that reimagines the myth of Helen of Troy by portraying her as an innocent woman whose phantom caused the Trojan War while she remained in Egypt.
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C.
Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus
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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D.
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.
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E.
Einleitung in die griechische Tragödie
*Einleitung in die griechische Tragödie* is a scholarly work by classical philologist Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff that offers a foundational analysis of the origins, structure, and cultural significance of ancient Greek tragedy.
- 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: Euripides’ Heracles Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Euripides’ play Heracleidae
Euripides’ play *Heracleidae* is an ancient Greek tragedy that dramatizes the persecution and eventual deliverance of Heracles’ children as they seek asylum in Athens, highlighting themes of justice, supplication, and Athenian heroism.
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B.
Euripides' Helen
Euripides' Helen is an ancient Greek tragedy that reimagines the myth of Helen of Troy by portraying her as an innocent woman whose phantom caused the Trojan War while she remained in Egypt.
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C.
Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus
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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D.
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.
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E.
Einleitung in die griechische Tragödie
*Einleitung in die griechische Tragödie* is a scholarly work by classical philologist Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff that offers a foundational analysis of the origins, structure, and cultural significance of ancient Greek tragedy.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
ⓘ
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
NERFINISHED
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palace of Amphitryon in Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure |
episodes
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exodos ⓘ parodos ⓘ prologue ⓘ stasima ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | extant ⓘ |
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Subject: Euripides’ Heracles Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Euripides’ play "Heracles"
this entity surface form:
Heracles (Euripides)
this entity surface form:
Euripides' Heracles