Hiketides

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Hiketides is an ancient Greek tragedy by Aeschylus that dramatizes the plea for asylum by the Danaids, daughters of Danaus, as they flee forced marriage.

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Hiketides canonical 1

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instanceOf ancient Greek tragedy
play
addressesIssue asylum law in Greek polis
collective female voice
associatedFestival City Dionysia NERFINISHED
author Aeschylus NERFINISHED
basedOn Greek mythology NERFINISHED
centralTheme flight from forced marriage
plea for asylum
protection of suppliants
chorusRole Danaids as collective protagonist
culturalOrigin Ancient Greece NERFINISHED
currentMedium written text
dramaticForm chorus-dominated tragedy
dramaticStructure focus on supplication ritual
featuresCharacter Danaids NERFINISHED
Danaus NERFINISHED
King of Argos NERFINISHED
genre tragedy
hasAlternativeTitle Suppliant Women NERFINISHED
The Suppliants NERFINISHED
hasTitle Hiketides NERFINISHED
influenced later treatments of the Danaid myth
invokesDeity Apollo NERFINISHED
Hermes NERFINISHED
Zeus NERFINISHED
local Argive gods
language Ancient Greek NERFINISHED
literaryTradition Aeschylean trilogy (hypothesized) NERFINISHED
motif conflict between kinship and civic law
marriage and autonomy
xenia (guest-friendship)
mythologicalContext myth of the Danaids
originalMedium performed drama
originalPerformanceCulture Classical Athens GENERATED
period 5th century BCE
religiousContext Greek polytheism
setting Argos NERFINISHED
sanctuary of the gods in Argos
studiedInField classics
gender studies
legal history of asylum
theatre studies
survivalStatus substantially extant

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The Suppliants originalTitle Hiketides