Tyrant
13 books featuring this archetype
The Tyrant monopolizes power, suppressing lawful checks and reciprocity. This figure exemplifies failed sovereignty and provokes rebellion or reform.
Antigone
Sophocles • Greek
The Bacchae
Euripides • Greek
Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus • Greek
Records of the Grand Historian
Sima Qian • East Asian
Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles • Greek
Classic of Documents
Various • East Asian
Hecuba
Euripides • Greek
The Book of Taliesin
Anonymous • Celtic
Andromache
Euripides • Greek
Helen
Euripides • Greek
Gróttasöngr
Anonymous • Germanic
Ragnars sona þáttr
Anonymous • Germanic
Song of Release
Anonymous • Levantine