Euripides’ lost play Hypsipyle
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Euripides’ lost play "Hypsipyle" was a classical Athenian tragedy centered on the mythological queen of Lemnos, known from surviving fragments and later references rather than the complete text.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hypsipyle (Euripides) | 0 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athenian tragedy
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ancient Greek play ⓘ lost play ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
later mythographic sources
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scholia on Pindar ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Euripides in ancient catalogues ⓘ |
| author | Euripides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | myth of Hypsipyle ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | included among Euripides’ lost plays in ancient lists ⓘ |
| character |
Adrastus
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Amphiaraus NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurydice (mythological queen of Nemea) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hypsipyle NERFINISHED ⓘ Lycus NERFINISHED ⓘ Opheltes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Seven against Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | influenced later retellings of the Hypsipyle myth ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Classical Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Hypsipyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle |
Argive cycle
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Seven against Thebes cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeElement |
Hypsipyle’s enslavement
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Hypsipyle’s rescue of her father Thoas ⓘ arrival of the Seven against Thebes at Nemea ⓘ death of the child Opheltes ⓘ institution of the Nemean Games ⓘ murder of the men of Lemnos by the Lemnian women ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Heracles (Euripides)
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Medea (Euripides) NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenician Women (Euripides) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyTopic | subject of modern classical philology ⓘ |
| setting |
Lemnos (in narrative backstory)
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Nemea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | fragmentary ⓘ |
| survival |
known from ancient testimonia
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known from fragments ⓘ |
| theme |
guilt and responsibility
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heroic cult and funeral games ⓘ motherhood ⓘ slavery and exile ⓘ |
| title | Hypsipyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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