Euripides' Phoenician Women
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Euripides' *Phoenician Women* is an ancient Greek tragedy that dramatizes the conflict between the brothers Eteocles and Polyneices over the throne of Thebes and the devastating consequences for their family and city.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Euripides' Phoenician Women canonical | 4 |
| Euripides' The Phoenician Women | 1 |
| Euripides’ "Phoenician Women" | 1 |
| Phoenician Women (Euripides) | 1 |
| The Phoenician Women | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4917948 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Euripides' Phoenician Women Context triple: [Eteocles, literaryAppearance, Euripides' Phoenician Women]
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A.
Euripides' Helen
Euripides' Helen is an ancient Greek tragedy that reimagines the myth of Helen of Troy by portraying her as an innocent woman whose phantom caused the Trojan War while she remained in Egypt.
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B.
Euripides’ Heracles
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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C.
Euripides’ play Heracleidae
Euripides’ play *Heracleidae* is an ancient Greek tragedy that dramatizes the persecution and eventual deliverance of Heracles’ children as they seek asylum in Athens, highlighting themes of justice, supplication, and Athenian heroism.
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D.
Trojan Women (Euripides)
Trojan Women is a tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and despair of the women of Troy in the aftermath of the city's destruction in the Trojan War.
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E.
Hecuba (Euripides)
Hecuba (Euripides) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and vengeance of the Trojan queen Hecuba after the fall of Troy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Euripides' Phoenician Women Target entity description: Euripides' *Phoenician Women* is an ancient Greek tragedy that dramatizes the conflict between the brothers Eteocles and Polyneices over the throne of Thebes and the devastating consequences for their family and city.
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A.
Euripides' Helen
Euripides' Helen is an ancient Greek tragedy that reimagines the myth of Helen of Troy by portraying her as an innocent woman whose phantom caused the Trojan War while she remained in Egypt.
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B.
Euripides’ Heracles
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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C.
Euripides’ play Heracleidae
Euripides’ play *Heracleidae* is an ancient Greek tragedy that dramatizes the persecution and eventual deliverance of Heracles’ children as they seek asylum in Athens, highlighting themes of justice, supplication, and Athenian heroism.
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D.
Trojan Women (Euripides)
Trojan Women is a tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and despair of the women of Troy in the aftermath of the city's destruction in the Trojan War.
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E.
Hecuba (Euripides)
Hecuba (Euripides) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and vengeance of the Trojan queen Hecuba after the fall of Troy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek tragedy
ⓘ
dramatic work ⓘ play ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | late 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| author | Euripides ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Theban myth cycle
ⓘ
story of Eteocles and Polyneices ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
civil war
ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ fate and prophecy ⓘ loyalty to city versus family ⓘ the curse on the house of Oedipus ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
blindness and exile of Oedipus
ⓘ
mutual fratricide ⓘ self-sacrifice for the city ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure |
episodes
ⓘ
exodos ⓘ parodos ⓘ prologue ⓘ stasima ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Antigone
ⓘ
Creon ⓘ Eteocles ⓘ Jocasta ⓘ Menoeceus ⓘ Oedipus ⓘ Polyneices ⓘ
linked to:
Polynices
Teiresias ⓘ
linked to:
Tiresias
chorus of Phoenician women ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| languageForm | verse drama ⓘ |
| literaryInfluence | later adaptations of the Theban myths ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Attic tragedy ⓘ |
| mainConflict | struggle for the throne of Thebes ⓘ |
| manuscriptTradition | medieval manuscripts of Euripides ⓘ |
| mythologicalContext |
Theban saga
ⓘ
linked to:
Theban cycle
|
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Φοίνισσαι ⓘ |
| performanceContext |
City Dionysia festival
ⓘ
linked to:
City Dionysia
|
| placeOfFirstPerformance | Athens ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Antigone
ⓘ
Oedipus Rex ⓘ
linked to:
Oedipus
Seven Against Thebes ⓘ |
| setting | Thebes ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mythical age of Thebes ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
classical studies
ⓘ
theatre studies ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | extant ⓘ |
| title | Phoenician Women ⓘ |
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Subject: Euripides' Phoenician Women Description of subject: Euripides' *Phoenician Women* is an ancient Greek tragedy that dramatizes the conflict between the brothers Eteocles and Polyneices over the throne of Thebes and the devastating consequences for their family and city.
Referenced by (8)
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