Electra (Sophocles)

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ancient Greek tragedy play tragedy

Electra (Sophocles) is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes Electra’s quest for vengeance against her mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus for the murder of her father Agamemnon.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Electra (Sophocles) canonical	5
Sophocles' Electra	4
Electra (Sophocles play)	1
Electra (play by Sophocles)	1
Sophocles’ Electra	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1705886 — 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: Electra (Sophocles)
Context triple: [Atreid dynasty, appearsInWork, Electra (Sophocles)]

A. 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.
B. Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
C. Oresteia
Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies by Aeschylus that dramatizes the bloody history of the House of Atreus and the transition from personal vengeance to a system of civic justice in ancient Athens.
D. Medea
Medea is a mythological figure from Greek tragedy, best known as a powerful sorceress who kills her own children to avenge her husband Jason’s betrayal.
E. Antigone
Antigone is a tragic heroine from Greek mythology and Sophocles’ Theban plays, known for defying royal authority to honor her family and the gods.
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: Electra (Sophocles)
Target entity description: Electra (Sophocles) is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes Electra’s quest for vengeance against her mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus for the murder of her father Agamemnon.

A. 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.
B. Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
C. Oresteia
Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies by Aeschylus that dramatizes the bloody history of the House of Atreus and the transition from personal vengeance to a system of civic justice in ancient Athens.
D. Medea
Medea is a mythological figure from Greek tragedy, best known as a powerful sorceress who kills her own children to avenge her husband Jason’s betrayal.
E. Antigone
Antigone is a tragic heroine from Greek mythology and Sophocles’ Theban plays, known for defying royal authority to honor her family and the gods.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek tragedy ⓘ play ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
author	Sophocles ⓘ
basedOn	House of Atreus myth ⓘ linked to: House of Atreus myth cycle myth of Electra ⓘ
centralTheme	family loyalty ⓘ justice ⓘ matricide ⓘ revenge ⓘ
containsMotif	conflict between siblings ⓘ deception and disguise ⓘ recognition scene between Electra and Orestes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Ancient Greece ⓘ linked to: Greek Antiquity
featuresCharacter	Agamemnon ⓘ
featuresEvent	murder of Aegisthus ⓘ murder of Clytemnestra ⓘ return of Orestes from exile ⓘ
featuresGroup	chorus of Mycenaean women ⓘ
genre	Greek tragedy ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
hasForm	verse drama ⓘ
hasMotive	Electra’s desire to avenge Agamemnon ⓘ
hasStructure	episodes ⓘ exodos ⓘ parodos ⓘ prologue ⓘ stasima ⓘ
literaryCycle	Oresteia myth cycle ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Classical Athenian drama ⓘ
mainCharacter	Aegisthus ⓘ Chrysothemis ⓘ Clytemnestra ⓘ Electra ⓘ Orestes ⓘ
originalLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
plotSummary	Electra seeks vengeance on her mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus for murdering Agamemnon ⓘ
preservedAs	complete text ⓘ
relatedWork	Antigone ⓘ Oedipus Rex ⓘ linked to: Oedipus
setting	Mycenae ⓘ linked to: Mycenae and Tiryns
settingPeriod	mythic age of Greece ⓘ
sharesMythWith	Electra (Euripides) ⓘ Electra (Hofmannsthal) ⓘ linked to: Elektra (libretto) Libation Bearers ⓘ linked to: Oresteia
studiedIn	classical literature ⓘ theatre studies ⓘ
timeOfComposition	5th century BC ⓘ

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