Euripides’ lost play Hypsipyle

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Euripides’ lost play "Hypsipyle" was a classical Athenian tragedy centered on the mythological queen of Lemnos, known from surviving fragments and later references rather than the complete text.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Athenian tragedy ⓘ
ancient Greek play ⓘ
lost play ⓘ
attestedIn later mythographic sources ⓘ
scholia on Pindar ⓘ
attributedTo Euripides in ancient catalogues ⓘ
author Euripides ⓘ
basedOn myth of Hypsipyle ⓘ
catalogueNumber included among Euripides’ lost plays in ancient lists ⓘ
character Adrastus ⓘ
Amphiaraus ⓘ
Eurydice (mythological queen of Nemea) ⓘ
Hypsipyle ⓘ
Lycus ⓘ
Opheltes ⓘ
The Seven against Thebes ⓘ
culturalImpact influenced later retellings of the Hypsipyle myth ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryPeriod Classical Athens ⓘ
mainCharacter Hypsipyle ⓘ
mythologicalCycle Argive cycle ⓘ
Seven against Thebes cycle ⓘ
narrativeElement Hypsipyle’s enslavement ⓘ
Hypsipyle’s rescue of her father Thoas ⓘ
arrival of the Seven against Thebes at Nemea ⓘ
death of the child Opheltes ⓘ
institution of the Nemean Games ⓘ
murder of the men of Lemnos by the Lemnian women ⓘ
relatedWork Heracles (Euripides) ⓘ
Medea (Euripides) ⓘ
linked to: Medea

Phoenician Women (Euripides) ⓘ
linked to: Phoenician Women
scholarlyTopic subject of modern classical philology ⓘ
setting Lemnos (in narrative backstory) ⓘ
Nemea ⓘ
status fragmentary ⓘ
survival known from ancient testimonia ⓘ
known from fragments ⓘ
theme guilt and responsibility ⓘ
heroic cult and funeral games ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
slavery and exile ⓘ
title Hypsipyle ⓘ

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Hypsipyle → appearsIn → Euripides’ lost play Hypsipyle ⓘ