Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy

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lost Greek tragedies theatrical 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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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes	3
Aeschylus' Theban plays (fragmentary)	2
Aeschylean corpus	1
Aeschylean trilogy (hypothesized)	1
Aeschylus (Theban tradition context)	1
Aeschylus' "Seven Against Thebes"	1
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy canonical	1
plays of Aeschylus	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T924838 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy
Context triple: [Oedipus, appearsIn, Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy]

A. Trojan Women (Euripides)
Trojan Women is a tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and despair of the women of Troy in the aftermath of the city's destruction in the Trojan War.
B. Sons of Pericles
Sons of Pericles is a junior auxiliary organization of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association that promotes Hellenic heritage, civic responsibility, and leadership among young men.
C. Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound is an ancient Greek tragedy traditionally attributed to Aeschylus that dramatizes the punishment of the Titan Prometheus for defying Zeus by giving fire and knowledge to humanity.
D. Hecuba (Euripides)
Hecuba (Euripides) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and vengeance of the Trojan queen Hecuba after the fall of Troy.
E. Crates of Thebes
Crates of Thebes was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for renouncing his wealth to live a life of poverty and virtue, and for being a prominent teacher of Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy
Target entity description: 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.

A. Trojan Women (Euripides)
Trojan Women is a tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and despair of the women of Troy in the aftermath of the city's destruction in the Trojan War.
B. Sons of Pericles
Sons of Pericles is a junior auxiliary organization of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association that promotes Hellenic heritage, civic responsibility, and leadership among young men.
C. Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound is an ancient Greek tragedy traditionally attributed to Aeschylus that dramatizes the punishment of the Titan Prometheus for defying Zeus by giving fire and knowledge to humanity.
D. Hecuba (Euripides)
Hecuba (Euripides) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and vengeance of the Trojan queen Hecuba after the fall of Troy.
E. Crates of Thebes
Crates of Thebes was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for renouncing his wealth to live a life of poverty and virtue, and for being a prominent teacher of Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lost Greek tragedies ⓘ theatrical trilogy ⓘ
associatedCharacter	Antigone ⓘ Creon ⓘ Eteocles ⓘ Jocasta ⓘ Laius ⓘ Oedipus ⓘ Polynices ⓘ
basedOn	Theban myth cycle ⓘ myth of Oedipus ⓘ myth of the Theban royal house ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Ancient Greece ⓘ linked to: Greek Antiquity
creator	Aeschylus ⓘ
culturalContext	Athenian tragedy competitions ⓘ
dramaticFocus	civil war at Thebes ⓘ curse on the house of Oedipus ⓘ intergenerational guilt and punishment ⓘ
genre	tragedy ⓘ
hasPart	Laius ⓘ Oedipus ⓘ Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
influenced	later Theban-themed tragedies ⓘ
knownFrom	ancient testimonia ⓘ later literary references ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
likelyFirstPerformanceLocation	Theatre of Dionysus in Athens ⓘ linked to: Theatre of Dionysus
literaryForm	verse drama ⓘ
lostComponents	Laius ⓘ Oedipus ⓘ
mainSubject	Eteocles and Polynices ⓘ linked to: Eteocles House of Laius ⓘ linked to: Laius Oedipus ⓘ Theban royal family ⓘ
mythicTheme	divine retribution ⓘ fate and prophecy ⓘ kin-slaying ⓘ
mythologicalContext	Theban saga ⓘ
numberOfPlays	3 ⓘ
onlySurvivingPlay	Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
originalMedium	Athenian stage performance ⓘ
partOf	Aeschylean corpus ⓘ linked to: Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy
setting	Thebes ⓘ
status	lost ⓘ
survivingComponents	Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
timePeriodOfCreation	5th century BCE ⓘ

How these facts were elicited