Ennius’ lost tragedy Thyestes

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Latin play Roman tragedy adaptation of Greek myth lost literary work

Ennius’ lost tragedy "Thyestes" was an early Roman dramatic work that adapted the gruesome Greek myth of Thyestes and Atreus, influencing later Latin tragedy despite surviving only in fragments.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latin play ⓘ Roman tragedy ⓘ adaptation of Greek myth ⓘ lost literary work ⓘ
author	Quintus Ennius NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Greek mythological cycle of the Atreidae ⓘ myth of Atreus and Thyestes ⓘ
culturalContext	early Roman adaptation of Greek tragedy ⓘ
extentOfSurvival	survives only in fragments ⓘ
genre	tragedy ⓘ
influenceOn	Latin literary tradition ⓘ later Roman tragedy ⓘ subsequent treatments of the Thyestes myth in Latin ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
literaryForm	fabula cothurnata ⓘ
literaryTradition	Roman literature ⓘ
mythologicalCycle	House of Atreus NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	early Latin dramatization of the Atreus–Thyestes story ⓘ use of gruesome mythological material ⓘ
partOf	Ennius’ dramatic works ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
reception	recognized as influential in the development of Roman tragedy ⓘ
scholarlyStatus	reconstructed from quotations and testimonia ⓘ
subject	Atreus NERFINISHED ⓘ Thyestes NERFINISHED ⓘ
survivalStatus	fragmentary ⓘ
theme	cannibalistic feast ⓘ crime and punishment ⓘ dynastic conflict ⓘ familial revenge ⓘ fate and divine retribution ⓘ
timeOfComposition	3rd–2nd century BCE ⓘ

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