Properties (65)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
literary works
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gptkbp:adaptedInto |
films
musicals operas ballets |
gptkbp:explores |
fate
moral dilemmas human suffering |
gptkbp:features |
tragic_heroes
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gptkbp:genre |
Tragedy
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Sophocles' plays
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gptkbp:includes |
gptkb:The_Women_of_Trachis
gptkb:Ajax gptkb:Antigone Electra Philoctetes Oedipus Rex Oedipus at Colonus The Trachiniae |
gptkbp:influence |
Western literature
modern playwrights the development of tragedy |
gptkbp:influenced |
philosophy
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gptkbp:is_a_celebration_of |
their artistic merit
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gptkbp:is_characterized_by |
dramatic irony
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gptkbp:is_essential_for |
the history of drama
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gptkbp:is_featured_in |
theatrical festivals
the consequences of hubris the struggle between individual and state |
gptkbp:is_known_for |
poetic language
complex characters their moral complexity |
gptkbp:is_part_of |
theatrical traditions
the_canon_of_Greek_tragedy |
gptkbp:is_popular_among |
classics of literature
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gptkbp:is_recognized_for |
their emotional depth
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gptkbp:is_referenced_in |
popular culture
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gptkbp:is_studied_in |
character development
symbolism plot structure themes of family literature courses motifs themes of justice themes of power |
gptkbp:is_used_in |
divine intervention
academic papers chorus literary criticism psychological studies their historical significance the context of ethics Aeschylus' works scholarly commentary mythological contexts teaching tools anthologies of drama Euripides'_works the_original_Greek_language |
gptkbp:performedBy |
Theater of Dionysus
the 5th century BC in modern theaters |
gptkbp:publishedIn |
gptkb:Ancient_Greece
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gptkbp:translatedInto |
multiple languages
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gptkbp:wrote |
gptkb:Sophocles
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