Supplices

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Supplices is the Latin title of Aeschylus’ ancient Greek tragedy "The Suppliants," which centers on the Danaids seeking asylum in Argos.

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Supplices canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek tragedy ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
play ⓘ
associatedCulture Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
author Aeschylus ⓘ
centralConflict Danaids seek asylum in Argos to avoid marriage with the sons of Aegyptus ⓘ
concernsLaw city’s duty toward suppliants ⓘ
right of asylum ⓘ
dramaticFunctionOfChorus protagonist group ⓘ
dramaticStructure episodes ⓘ
exodos ⓘ
parodos ⓘ
prologue ⓘ
stasima ⓘ
exploresTheme divine justice ⓘ
gender and power ⓘ
xenia (guest-friendship) ⓘ
featuresCharacter Danaus ⓘ
King Pelasgus ⓘ
featuresCharacterGroup Danaids ⓘ
sons of Aegyptus ⓘ
the fifty daughters of Danaus ⓘ
linked to: Danaids
genre tragedy ⓘ
hasChorusOf Danaid maidens ⓘ
linked to: Danaids
hasForm choral drama ⓘ
invokesDeity Argive gods ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
Zeus Hikesios (Zeus of Suppliants) ⓘ
linked to: Zeus Thaulios
languageOfTitle Latin ⓘ
LatinTitleOf Hiketides ⓘ
The Suppliants ⓘ
Ἱκέτιδες ⓘ
literaryForm verse drama ⓘ
literaryPeriod 5th century BCE Greek literature ⓘ
literaryTradition Greek tragedy ⓘ
mainTheme asylum ⓘ
conflict between personal will and political obligation ⓘ
flight from forced marriage ⓘ
protection of suppliants ⓘ
mythologicalCycle Danaid myth ⓘ
notableFeature prominent role of the chorus as protagonists ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
partOf Aeschylean corpus ⓘ
period Classical Athens ⓘ
setting Argos ⓘ
sanctuary of the gods in Argos ⓘ
workBy Aeschylus ⓘ

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

The Suppliants → latinTitle → Supplices ⓘ
Ἱκέτιδες → hasLatinTitle → Supplices ⓘ