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  2. Chrysippus of Elis - Wikipedia

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    Instead, Laius carried him off to Thebes and raped him, a crime for which he, his city, and his family were later punished by the gods. [4] Others named as Chrysippus' kidnappers Zeus [5] and even Theseus. [6] In one version Chrysippus' father Pelops, following his son's abduction, curses Laius to be killed by one of his own children. [7]

  3. List of films based on Greek drama - Wikipedia

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    The Family Reunion: 1959 TV movie, Canada Les Perses: 1961 TV movie, France Aeschylus: 1967 TV movie, Finland I Persiani: 1967 TV movie, Italy The Forgotten Pistolero: 1969 Italy Agamemnon: 1973 Belgium Orestea: 1975 Italy Atreides: 1979 TV movie, Greece Oresteia: 1979 TV mini-series, UK Prometheus Retrogressing: 1998 Le Rêve Plus Fort que la ...

  4. List of films based on classical mythology - Wikipedia

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    The Sword-and-sandal series (1957-1965) includes numerous films depicting Hercules that go by various titles depending by country of release. Below is a list (chronological order) that begins with the film's U.S.-release title, followed by the original Italian title and translation: [i]

  5. List of films set in ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    Gods School 2018- Up there on Mount Olympus, a controversial young goddess tries to find her place among other gods and goddesses, until she meets a young Mortal. Goliath and the Dragon: 1960 peplum film: Helen of Troy: 1956 Helen of Troy: 2003 Helena: 1924 Hercules: 1958 Its success paved the way for the dozens of 1960s peplum (or "sword and ...

  6. List of Greek films - Wikipedia

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    A list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Greece ordered split by year and decade of release on separate pages. For an alphabetical list of articles on Greek films see Category:Greek films .

  7. List of fratricides in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Claudius killed King Hamlet, his brother, and married his sister-in-law, Gertrude, in order to become King of Denmark in William Shakespeare's Hamlet.; In the Thomas Harris novel Hannibal, Margot Verger kills her brother Mason as revenge for his abuse of her when they were younger, as she was encouraged to do by her former therapist, Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

  8. Oresteia - Wikipedia

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    The Oresteia (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BCE, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Furies (also called Erinyes or Eumenides).

  9. Category:Greek films - Wikipedia

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    Although most films in this category are in Greek, one or two were filmed in other languages (such as English and French). Subcategories This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total.