Hecuba

ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
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Hecuba
Euripides, manuscript, Latin translation, and marginalia by Leontius Pilatus · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Hecuba is a dramatic work[1]. Hecuba draws 1,003 Wikipedia views per month (dramatic work category, ranking #94 of 285).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Euripides[3]
  • Genre: Greek tragedy[4]
  • Commons category: Hecuba (Euripides)[5]
  • Language of work or name: Ancient Greek[6]
  • Inception: 424 BC[7]
  • Has edition or translation: Hecuba[8], Hekabe[9], Hécube[10], Hékabè[11]
  • Narrative location: Gallipoli[12]
  • Date of first performance: 425 BC[13], 424 BC[14]
  • Described by source: Hecuba[15], Euripides[16], Euripides and His Age[17]
  • Title: Ἑκάβη[18]
  • Location of first performance: Theatre of Dionysus[19]
  • Form of creative work: play[20]
  • Entry in abbreviations table: Eur. Hec.[21]

Why It Matters

Hecuba has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Hecuba is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Hecuba. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Hecuba. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Hecuba. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Hecuba. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Hecuba. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Hecuba. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Hecuba. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . perseus.tufts.edu. perseus.tufts.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bookbrainz work id → e7e2d05f-9ce4-49df-93d2-daf59454fdaf
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'is', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'l
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 22w ago · JBradyK · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → dramatic work
    Location of first performance → Theatre of Dionysus
    Manto id → 11318123
    Genre → Greek tragedy
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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