Danaid trilogy

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The Danaid trilogy is a lost series of three connected Greek tragedies by Aeschylus that dramatized the myth of the Danaids, of which only The Suppliants substantially survives.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Danaid trilogy canonical 6

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lost Greek tragic trilogy ⓘ
work by Aeschylus ⓘ
associatedDeity Aphrodite ⓘ
Apollo ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
associatedMythologicalCycle Argive mythological cycle ⓘ
linked to: Argive cycle
author Aeschylus ⓘ
basedOn myth of the Danaids ⓘ
culturalContext Athenian drama ⓘ
dramaticSubject flight of the Danaids from Egypt to Argos ⓘ
forced marriage of the Danaids to the sons of Aegyptus ⓘ
marriage of Hypermnestra and Lynceus ⓘ
murder of the bridegrooms by the Danaids ⓘ
trial and partial acquittal of the Danaids ⓘ
featuresCharacter Danaus ⓘ
the Danaids ⓘ
linked to: Danaids

the fifty daughters of Danaus ⓘ
linked to: Danaids

the fifty sons of Aegyptus ⓘ
genre Greek tragedy ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitleForPart The Aegyptians ⓘ
The Hypermnestra ⓘ
linked to: Hypermnestra
hasPart The Danaids ⓘ
linked to: Danaids

The Egyptians ⓘ
The Suppliants ⓘ
knownFrom ancient testimonia and fragments ⓘ
later summaries and quotations ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
likelySatyrPlay Amymone ⓘ
numberOfParts 3 ⓘ
partiallySurvivesAs The Suppliants ⓘ
periodOfComposition 5th century BCE ⓘ
placeInTetralogy three tragedies of a four-play production ⓘ
scholarlyDebate exact order of the three plays is uncertain ⓘ
exact original titles of the second and third plays are uncertain ⓘ
setting Argos ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
status largely lost ⓘ
survivalStatusOfTheDanaids fragmentary or lost ⓘ
survivalStatusOfTheEgyptians fragmentary or lost ⓘ
survivalStatusOfTheSuppliants substantially extant ⓘ
theatricalForm tetralogy with a lost satyr play ⓘ
theme asylum and supplication ⓘ
conflict between divine commands and human law ⓘ
foundation of Argive cults and institutions ⓘ
marriage, consent, and coercion ⓘ
traditionalAttribution Aeschylus ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

The Suppliants → series → Danaid trilogy ⓘ
The Suppliants → partOf → Danaid trilogy ⓘ
Suppliants → partOf → Danaid trilogy ⓘ
Egyptians → partOf → Danaid trilogy ⓘ
Danaids → partOf → Danaid trilogy ⓘ
Ἱκέτιδες → partOf → Danaid trilogy ⓘ