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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Euripides’ lost play Hypsipyle canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Euripides’ lost play Hypsipyle Context triple: [Hypsipyle, appearsIn, Euripides’ lost play Hypsipyle]
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A.
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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B.
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy were a set of now-missing Greek tragedies that dramatized the mythic saga of the Theban royal house, including the story of Oedipus.
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C.
Euripides’ Trojan plays
Euripides’ Trojan plays are a group of his tragedies that dramatize the suffering, moral conflict, and aftermath of the Trojan War, especially from the perspective of its women and defeated victims.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Euripides’ lost play Hypsipyle Target entity description: 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.
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A.
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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B.
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy were a set of now-missing Greek tragedies that dramatized the mythic saga of the Theban royal house, including the story of Oedipus.
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C.
Euripides’ Trojan plays
Euripides’ Trojan plays are a group of his tragedies that dramatize the suffering, moral conflict, and aftermath of the Trojan War, especially from the perspective of its women and defeated victims.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
NERFINISHED
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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
NERFINISHED
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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)
NERFINISHED
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Medea (Euripides) NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenician Women (Euripides) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyTopic | subject of modern classical philology ⓘ |
| setting |
Lemnos (in narrative backstory)
NERFINISHED
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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 ⓘ |
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