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'''''Hypsipyle''''' ({{lang-grc|Ὑψιπύλη}}) is a partially preserved [[tragedy]] by [[Euripides]], about the legend of queen [[Hypsipyle]] of [[Lemnos]], daughter of King [[Thoas (king of Lemnos)|Thoas]], and was one of his last plays.<ref>For the extant fragments of the play with introduction and notes see Collard and Cropp, [https://www-loebclassics-com.ezproxy.bu.edu/view/euripides-dramatic_fragments/2008/pb_LCL506.251.xml pp. 250&ndash;321].</ref> It was performed c. 411&ndash;407, along with ''[[The Phoenician Women]]'' which survives in full, and the lost ''Antiope''.<ref>Collard and Cropp, pp. [https://www-loebclassics-com.ezproxy.bu.edu/view/LCL506/2009/pb_LCL506.xv.xml xiv], [https://www-loebclassics-com.ezproxy.bu.edu/view/euripides-dramatic_fragments/2008/pb_LCL506.255.xml 254].</ref>
'''''Hypsipyle''''' ({{lang-grc|Ὑψιπύλη}}) is a partially preserved [[tragedy]] by [[Euripides]], about the legend of queen [[Hypsipyle]] of [[Lemnos]], daughter of King [[Thoas (king of Lemnos)|Thoas]].<ref>For the extant fragments of the play with introduction and notes see Collard and Cropp, [https://www-loebclassics-com.ezproxy.bu.edu/view/euripides-dramatic_fragments/2008/pb_LCL506.251.xml pp. 250&ndash;321].</ref> It was one of his last and most elaborate plays.<ref>Collard and Cropp, [https://www-loebclassics-com.ezproxy.bu.edu/view/euripides-dramatic_fragments/2008/pb_LCL506.251.xml p. 251].</ref> It was performed c. 411&ndash;407, along with ''[[The Phoenician Women]]'' which survives in full, and the lost ''Antiope''.<ref>Collard and Cropp, pp. [https://www-loebclassics-com.ezproxy.bu.edu/view/LCL506/2009/pb_LCL506.xv.xml xiv], [https://www-loebclassics-com.ezproxy.bu.edu/view/euripides-dramatic_fragments/2008/pb_LCL506.255.xml 254].</ref>


Originally only known from a few fragments, knowledge of the play was greatly expanded with the publication of [[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|Oxyrhynchus Papyrus]] 852 in 1906. Of his lost plays, it is the one with the most extensive fragments, which amount to about a third of the play.<ref>https://www.academia.edu/31390806/Euripides_Hypsipyle_in_Literary_Encyclopedia</ref><ref>Collard, Christopher and Martin Cropp (2008b), ''Euripides Fragments: Oedipus-Chrysippus: Other Fragments'', [[Loeb Classical Library]] No. 506. Cambridge, Massachusetts, [[Harvard University Press]], 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-674-99631-1}}. [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL506/2009/volume.xml Online version at Harvard University Press].</ref>
Originally only known from a few fragments, knowledge of the play was greatly expanded with the publication of [[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|Oxyrhynchus Papyrus]] 852 in 1906. Of his lost plays, it is the one with the most extensive fragments, which amount to about a third of the play.<ref>https://www.academia.edu/31390806/Euripides_Hypsipyle_in_Literary_Encyclopedia</ref><ref>Collard, Christopher and Martin Cropp (2008b), ''Euripides Fragments: Oedipus-Chrysippus: Other Fragments'', [[Loeb Classical Library]] No. 506. Cambridge, Massachusetts, [[Harvard University Press]], 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-674-99631-1}}. [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL506/2009/volume.xml Online version at Harvard University Press].</ref>

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Hypsipyle
Written byEuripides
Place premieredAthens
Original languageAncient Greek
GenreTragedy

Hypsipyle (Template:Lang-grc) is a partially preserved tragedy by Euripides, about the legend of queen Hypsipyle of Lemnos, daughter of King Thoas.[1] It was one of his last and most elaborate plays.[2] It was performed c. 411–407, along with The Phoenician Women which survives in full, and the lost Antiope.[3]

Originally only known from a few fragments, knowledge of the play was greatly expanded with the publication of Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 852 in 1906. Of his lost plays, it is the one with the most extensive fragments, which amount to about a third of the play.[4][5]

Plot

The play is based on three stories of Hypsipyle's legend: the rescue of her father, her meeting with Jason and the Argonauts, and her subsequent exile from Lemnos.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ For the extant fragments of the play with introduction and notes see Collard and Cropp, pp. 250–321.
  2. ^ Collard and Cropp, p. 251.
  3. ^ Collard and Cropp, pp. xiv, 254.
  4. ^ https://www.academia.edu/31390806/Euripides_Hypsipyle_in_Literary_Encyclopedia
  5. ^ Collard, Christopher and Martin Cropp (2008b), Euripides Fragments: Oedipus-Chrysippus: Other Fragments, Loeb Classical Library No. 506. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-674-99631-1. Online version at Harvard University Press.
  6. ^ https://www.academia.edu/31390806/Euripides_Hypsipyle_in_Literary_Encyclopedia

References