Greek Tragedy

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:literature
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Athens
gptkbp:awards tragic competition prizes
gptkbp:features gptkb:choral_music
masks
catharsis
gptkbp:festival gptkb:Lenaia
gptkb:City_Dionysia
gptkbp:flourishedDuring 5th century BCE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Greek Tragedy
gptkbp:influenced Elizabethan theatre
modern theatre
Roman tragedy
gptkbp:influencedBy Homeric epics
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:mainDeity gptkb:Dionysus
gptkbp:majorPlaywright Aeschylus
Euripides
Sophocles
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Antigone
gptkb:The_Bacchae
gptkb:Agamemnon
gptkb:Medea
gptkb:Oedipus_Rex
gptkbp:originatedIn Ancient Greece
gptkbp:performanceContext outdoor amphitheatre
use of masks
all-male cast
minimal scenery
choral odes
gptkbp:performedAt gptkb:Theatre_of_Dionysus
gptkbp:structure Prologue
parodos
episodes
exodus
stasimon
gptkbp:subject fate
human suffering
mythology
divine intervention
gptkbp:survivingWorks 32
gptkbp:theme justice
revenge
suffering
redemption
guilt
hubris
moral conflict
family loyalty
tragic flaw
divine will
fate vs. free will
nemesis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Wombats
gptkb:CB22
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6