Aeschylus, Danaid trilogy (fragmentary)

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The fragmentary Danaid trilogy by Aeschylus was a lost series of Greek tragedies centered on the myth of the Danaids, of which only scattered fragments and testimonia survive.

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Danaid trilogy 0
Danaids 0
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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek tragedy
fragmentary ancient literary work
lost Greek tragedy
lost Greek tragic trilogy
attributedTo Aeschylus in ancient sources
author Aeschylus NERFINISHED
Aeschylus NERFINISHED
Aeschylus NERFINISHED
Aeschylus NERFINISHED
basedOn myth of the Danaids
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
creator Aeschylus NERFINISHED
dateWritten 5th century BCE
evidenceForText ancient testimonia
fragments
genre Greek tragedy
tragedy
hasPart Danaids NERFINISHED
Egyptians NERFINISHED
Suppliants NERFINISHED
influenced later treatments of the Danaid myth
language Ancient Greek
literaryPeriod Classical Athenian drama
mythologicalCycle Danaus and Aegyptus cycle NERFINISHED
partOf Danaid trilogy NERFINISHED
Danaid trilogy NERFINISHED
Danaid trilogy NERFINISHED
setting Argos NERFINISHED
stateOfPreservation fragmentary
partly lost
subject Danaids NERFINISHED
Danaids seeking asylum in Argos
Danaus NERFINISHED
Hypermnestra sparing Lynceus
King Pelasgus of Argos NERFINISHED
divine and civic justice
fifty daughters of Danaus
forced marriage
marriage of Danaids and sons of Aegyptus
mass bridal murder
murder of husbands by Danaids
punishment in the underworld
pursuit and flight to Argos
pursuit of the Danaids
refusal of forced marriage
sons of Aegyptus
sons of Aegyptus NERFINISHED
trial of Hypermnestra

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Hypermnestra sourceText Aeschylus, Danaid trilogy (fragmentary)