Hiketides

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Hiketides is an ancient Greek tragedy by Aeschylus that dramatizes the plea for asylum by the Danaids, daughters of Danaus, as they flee forced marriage.

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Hiketides canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek tragedy ⓘ
play ⓘ
addressesIssue asylum law in Greek polis ⓘ
collective female voice ⓘ
associatedFestival City Dionysia ⓘ
author Aeschylus ⓘ
basedOn Greek mythology ⓘ
centralTheme flight from forced marriage ⓘ
plea for asylum ⓘ
protection of suppliants ⓘ
chorusRole Danaids as collective protagonist ⓘ
culturalOrigin Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
currentMedium written text ⓘ
dramaticForm chorus-dominated tragedy ⓘ
dramaticStructure focus on supplication ritual ⓘ
featuresCharacter Danaids ⓘ
Danaus ⓘ
King of Argos ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Suppliant Women ⓘ
The Suppliants ⓘ
hasTitle Hiketides ⓘ
influenced later treatments of the Danaid myth ⓘ
invokesDeity Apollo ⓘ
Hermes ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
local Argive gods ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryTradition Aeschylean trilogy (hypothesized) ⓘ
motif conflict between kinship and civic law ⓘ
marriage and autonomy ⓘ
xenia (guest-friendship) ⓘ
mythologicalContext myth of the Danaids ⓘ
originalMedium performed drama ⓘ
originalPerformanceCulture Classical Athens ⓘ
period 5th century BCE ⓘ
religiousContext Greek polytheism ⓘ
setting Argos ⓘ
sanctuary of the gods in Argos ⓘ
studiedInField classics ⓘ
gender studies ⓘ
legal history of asylum ⓘ
theatre studies ⓘ
survivalStatus substantially extant ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Suppliants → originalTitle → Hiketides ⓘ
Hiketides → hasTitle → Hiketides ⓘ
Supplices → LatinTitleOf → Hiketides ⓘ