Der Tod des Empedokles

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Der Tod des Empedokles is an unfinished philosophical tragedy by Friedrich Hölderlin that dramatizes the legendary Greek thinker Empedocles’ conflict with his community and his self-chosen death.

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instanceOf dramatic work ⓘ
philosophical tragedy ⓘ
unfinished play ⓘ
author Friedrich Hölderlin ⓘ
basedOn Empedocles ⓘ
character Citizens of Agrigentum ⓘ
Empedocles ⓘ
Manes ⓘ
Panthea ⓘ
Pausanias ⓘ
compositionEnd 1800 ⓘ
compositionStart 1797 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
genre philosophical drama ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasForm verse drama ⓘ
hasVersion Der Tod des Empedokles, first version ⓘ
Der Tod des Empedokles, second version ⓘ
Der Tod des Empedokles, third version ⓘ
influenced 20th-century German theatre ⓘ
philosophical interpretations of tragedy ⓘ
influencedBy Empedoclean philosophy ⓘ
Friedrich Schiller ⓘ
Greek tragedy ⓘ
literaryMovement German Idealism ⓘ
linked to: German idealism

German Romanticism ⓘ
mainCharacter Empedocles ⓘ
narrativeFocus Empedocles’ break with his polis ⓘ
Empedocles’ voluntary death in Etna ⓘ
notableAspect central work in Hölderlin’s philosophical poetics ⓘ
multiple incomplete drafts ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
partOf Friedrich Hölderlin’s dramatic works ⓘ
philosophicalContext relationship between human and divine nature ⓘ
unity of nature and spirit ⓘ
publicationForm posthumous editions ⓘ
setting Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity

Sicily ⓘ
theme conflict between individual and community ⓘ
divinity and humanity ⓘ
philosophical reflection on nature ⓘ
political power and exile ⓘ
self-chosen death ⓘ
workStatus fragment ⓘ
unfinished ⓘ

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Friedrich Hölderlin → notableWork → Der Tod des Empedokles ⓘ
Der Tod des Empedokles → hasVersion → Der Tod des Empedokles, first version ⓘ
linked to: Der Tod des Empedokles
Der Tod des Empedokles → hasVersion → Der Tod des Empedokles, second version ⓘ
linked to: Der Tod des Empedokles
Der Tod des Empedokles → hasVersion → Der Tod des Empedokles, third version ⓘ
linked to: Der Tod des Empedokles