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Parent topics

• Ancient Greece [r]: The loose collection of Greek-speaking city-states centered on the Aegean Sea which flourished from the end of the Mycenaean age to the Roman conquest of Greece in 146 BC. ^[e]
• Tragedy [r]: An unfortunate event or chain of events which leads to suffering, loss of life, or serious repercussions, often expressed as drama or literature but the term can describe real-life events ^[e]
• Drama [r]: A type of literature, especially plays, meant to be delivered in spoken performance on stage. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Aeschylus [r]: (525–456 BCE) Earliest great Greek tragic dramatist; only 7 plays survive, including the trilogy the Oresteia (about the House of Atreus). ^[e]
• Euripides [r]: Greek tragic dramatist (c.480–c.406 BC), one of the three great tragedians of ancient Greece. Works include Medea, The Bacchae, Electra, and The Trojan Women. ^[e]
• Sophocles [r]: (496? - 406 BC) One of the three great Greek tragedians; wrote Electra, Oedipus the King, and Antigone. ^[e]
• Hero [r]: Someone who hazards his life in a noble cause ^[e]

Tragic heroes

• Oedipus [r]: In Greek mythology, the son of Laios and Jocasta who — without knowing it — killed his father and married his mother, making a prophecy come true. ^[e]
• Orestes [r]: In Greek mythology, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Ancient Rome [r]: The most powerful empire of the ancient world. ^[e]

Articles related by keyphrases (Bot populated)

• Hippocrates [r]: (c. 460 – 370 BCE) A physician, who revolutionized the practice of medicine by transforming it from its mythical, superstitious, magical and supernatural roots to a science based on observation and reason. ^[e]
• Conventions (theatre) [r]: Stated or tacit agreement to describe events in the theatre in a particular way. ^[e]