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ID: 901002566
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002566
Record Type: Literature

Sophocles' Elektra (Greek drama)

Note: Greek tragedy set in the city of Argos a few years after the Trojan War.

Names:
Sophocles' Elektra (Greek drama) (preferred,English-P,D)
Electra (English)
Ἠλέκτρα (Greek-P)

Hierarchical Position:
Literature and Performing Arts (P)
....<Named written and performed works> (P)
........<Literary works: Drama (plays, etc.)> (P)
............Sophocles' Elektra (Greek drama) (I)
Related Iconography:
topic is .... Trojan War
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek narratives, Trojan War (Greek-Trojan legend, 12th/13th century BCE)) [901000351]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... play (literary genre)
.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
author is .... Sophocles (Greek poet, dramatist, ca. 497/496-406/405 BCE)
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:
Sophocles' Elektra (Greek drama)
................Getty Museum, Art of Ancient Greek Theater (2010-2011)
Ἠλέκτρα
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electra_(Sophocles_play)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Getty Museum, Art of Ancient Greek Theater (2010-2011)

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