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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:play
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gptkbp:adaptation
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Modern retellings
The Hecuba by Seneca
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gptkbp:based_on
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gptkb:The_Trojan_War
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gptkbp:character_development
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Hecuba's transformation
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gptkbp:conflict
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Hecuba vs. fate
Hecuba vs. the Greeks
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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influenced later works
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:tragedy
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gptkbp:historical_context
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gptkb:Peloponnesian_War
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Grief of Hecuba
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gptkbp:influence
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gptkb:theater
gptkb:drama
Western literature
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Greek_mythology
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gptkbp:inspired_by
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gptkb:Iliad
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Ancient_Greek
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gptkbp:literary_significance
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depicts the consequences of war
explores human suffering
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gptkbp:main_character
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gptkb:Hecuba
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gptkbp:motif
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gptkb:betrayal
gptkb:justice
gptkb:loss
suffering
redemption
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gptkbp:notable_character
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gptkb:Achilles
gptkb:Agamemnon
gptkb:Odysseus
gptkb:Polyxena
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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" The gods have turned against me."
" Grief is a heavy burden to bear."
" I am a woman, and I have lost everything."
" I am the last of my line."
" I seek revenge for my lost ones."
" I will make them pay for my sorrow."
" I will not be silent in my suffering."
" My children are gone, my husband is dead."
" What is left for me but to grieve?"
" What is life without hope?"
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gptkbp:original_language
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Greek
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gptkbp:performance_tradition
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gptkb:theater
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gptkbp:premiere_date
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c. 424 BC
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gptkbp:published_in
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gptkb:Theatre_of_Dionysus
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:Troy
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gptkbp:symbolism
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sacrificial themes
Hecuba's grief
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gptkbp:theme
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gptkb:revenge
grief
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gptkbp:written_by
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gptkb:Euripides
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Hecuba
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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