Antiope is the tragedy of the ancient Greek playwright Euripides, written about 408 BC. e. Her text was lost, but a detailed account of the plot was preserved as part of Gigin's “Myths” [1] . Marc Pacuvius created the Latin arrangement of the tragedy, also not preserved.
| Antiope | |
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| Genre | |
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Actors
- Antiope
- Niktey
- Dirka
- Face
- Zef
- Amphion
Story
In this tragedy, Euripides developed one of the Theban cycle myths. The daughter of Tsar Niktheus Antiope became pregnant from Zeus and was forced to flee her parental home. After the death of Niktya, his brother Lik began to pursue his niece: he killed her husband Epaphus, and gave her to his wife Dirka for torment. Antiope fled and found her sons from Zeus - Zef and Amphion , born of her once on Kiferon. At first they did not recognize the mother. Dirka found Antiope and ordered her killed, but Zef and Amphion at the last moment found out from the shepherd who raised them how they were born, and killed Dirka, tying her to a bull. In the final, Hermes appeared: he forbade the brothers to kill Lik, but ordered the latter to cede the Theban throne to Amphion [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Gigin. Myths, 8.
- ↑ Ibid.