Andromaque
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Andromaque is a 1667 tragic play by Jean Racine that reimagines the aftermath of the Trojan War through a complex web of unrequited love, political power, and psychological torment.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Andromaque canonical | 4 |
| Andromaque (stage role) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4929170 — 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: Andromaque Context triple: [Jean Racine, notableWork, Andromaque]
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A.
Troades
Troades is a tragic play by the Roman philosopher and dramatist Seneca the Younger that portrays the suffering of the Trojan women after the fall of Troy.
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B.
Armide
Armide is a French Baroque opera (tragédie en musique) by Jean-Baptiste Lully, renowned for its expressive orchestration and psychological depth.
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C.
Armide
Armide is a French opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, renowned for its reformist approach to opera and its dramatic adaptation of Torquato Tasso’s epic poem "Jerusalem Delivered."
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D.
Salammbô
Salammbô is a historical novel by Gustave Flaubert set in ancient Carthage during the Mercenary War, renowned for its lush, exotic detail and meticulous historical research.
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E.
Sarrasine
Sarrasine is a novella by Honoré de Balzac that explores themes of art, gender, and obsession through the story of a French sculptor’s infatuation with a castrato singer in Rome.
- 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: Andromaque Target entity description: Andromaque is a 1667 tragic play by Jean Racine that reimagines the aftermath of the Trojan War through a complex web of unrequited love, political power, and psychological torment.
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A.
Troades
Troades is a tragic play by the Roman philosopher and dramatist Seneca the Younger that portrays the suffering of the Trojan women after the fall of Troy.
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B.
Armide
Armide is a French Baroque opera (tragédie en musique) by Jean-Baptiste Lully, renowned for its expressive orchestration and psychological depth.
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C.
Armide
Armide is a French opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, renowned for its reformist approach to opera and its dramatic adaptation of Torquato Tasso’s epic poem "Jerusalem Delivered."
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D.
Salammbô
Salammbô is a historical novel by Gustave Flaubert set in ancient Carthage during the Mercenary War, renowned for its lush, exotic detail and meticulous historical research.
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E.
Sarrasine
Sarrasine is a novella by Honoré de Balzac that explores themes of art, gender, and obsession through the story of a French sculptor’s infatuation with a castrato singer in Rome.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pièce de théâtre
ⓘ
tragédie ⓘ œuvre littéraire ⓘ |
| adaptationNotable |
adaptations radiophoniques et télévisuelles
ⓘ
nombreuses mises en scène modernes ⓘ |
| aPourPrédécesseurDansLOeuvreDeRacine |
Alexandre le Grand
ⓘ
linked to:
Alexander the Great
|
| aPourSuccesseurDansLOeuvreDeRacine |
Britannicus
ⓘ
linked to:
Britannicus (play)
|
| appartientAuCycle | tragédies de Racine ⓘ |
| auteur | Jean Racine ⓘ |
| contexteHistorique | théâtre classique français du XVIIe siècle ⓘ |
| dateDeCréation | 1667 ⓘ |
| dateDePremièreReprésentation | 1667 ⓘ |
| faitPartieDuRépertoire | Comédie-Française ⓘ |
| forme | vers ⓘ |
| genreLittéraire | tragédie classique ⓘ |
| langue | français ⓘ |
| lieuDeLAction | Épire ⓘ |
| lieuDePremièreReprésentation | Château de Versailles ⓘ |
| mouvementLittéraire | classicisme ⓘ |
| mètre | alexandrin ⓘ |
| nombreDActes | 5 ⓘ |
| paysDOrigine | France ⓘ |
| personnagePrincipal |
Andromaque
ⓘ
Hermione ⓘ Oreste ⓘ
linked to:
Orestes
Pyrrhus ⓘ |
| personnageSecondaire |
Astyanax
ⓘ
Cléone ⓘ Céphise ⓘ Pylade ⓘ |
| personnageTitre | Andromaque ⓘ |
| périodeLittéraire |
Grand Siècle
ⓘ
linked to:
Reign of Louis XIV
|
| reçoit | accueil critique favorable à sa création ⓘ |
| résuméCourt | Oreste aime Hermione qui aime Pyrrhus qui aime Andromaque, veuve d’Hector, captive avec son fils Astyanax. ⓘ |
| sourceDInspiration |
Andromaque d’Euripide
ⓘ
linked to:
Andromache (Euripides)
Les Troyennes d’Euripide ⓘ
linked to:
Trojan Women (Euripides)
mythologie grecque ⓘ |
| statut | classique du théâtre français ⓘ |
| structure | cinq actes en vers ⓘ |
| thème |
amour non partagé
ⓘ
devoir contre passion ⓘ héritage de la guerre de Troie ⓘ jalousie ⓘ pouvoir politique ⓘ tourment psychologique ⓘ vengeance ⓘ |
| éditeurHistorique | Claude Barbin ⓘ |
| époqueDeLAction | après la guerre de Troie ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Andromaque Description of subject: Andromaque is a 1667 tragic play by Jean Racine that reimagines the aftermath of the Trojan War through a complex web of unrequited love, political power, and psychological torment.
Referenced by (5)
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