Euripides’ Heracles

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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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Heracles (Euripides) 3
Euripides' Heracles 2
Euripides’ Heracles canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Athenian tragedy
ancient Greek tragedy
stage play
alternateTitle Herakles
linked to: Heracles

Hercules Furens
approximateDateOfComposition late 5th century BCE
author Euripides
centralTheme divine injustice
family destruction
heroism
madness
suffering
the fragility of human fortune
featuresCharacter Amphitryon
Chorus of Theban elders
Heracles
Iris
Lycus
Lyssa
Megara
Theseus
featuresDeity Hera
Iris
Zeus
featuresPersonifiedFigure Lyssa
firstPerformanceContext City Dionysia festival
linked to: City Dionysia
genre tragedy
influenced Renaissance and modern adaptations of the Heracles myth
later Roman tragedy about Hercules
language Ancient Greek
likelyDateRangeOfComposition c. 420–416 BCE
literaryForm verse drama
literaryPeriod Classical Athens
mainCharacter Heracles
meter iambic trimeter in spoken dialogue
various lyric meters in choral odes
mythologicalCycle Heracles myth
placeOfFirstPerformance Athens
plotEvent Hera sends madness upon Heracles
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
setting Thebes
palace of Amphitryon in Thebes
structure episodes
exodos
parodos
prologue
stasima
survivalStatus extant

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Capture of Cerberus narratedIn Euripides’ Heracles
Megara mentionedIn Euripides’ play "Heracles"
linked to: Euripides’ Heracles
Hercules Furens sharesSubjectWith Heracles (Euripides)
linked to: Euripides’ Heracles
Mount Cithaeron appearsInWork Euripides' Heracles
linked to: Euripides’ Heracles
Twelfth Labor of Heracles narratedIn Euripides' Heracles
subject linked to: twelfth labor of Heracles
linked to: Euripides’ Heracles
House of Creon of Thebes associatedWork Heracles (Euripides)
linked to: Euripides’ Heracles
Hypsipyle (Euripides) relatedWork Heracles (Euripides)
linked to: Euripides’ Heracles