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 3

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