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
441 BCE
Greek
The Bacchae
Euripides
407-405 BCE
Greek
Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus
500-400 BCE
Greek
Records of the Grand Historian
Sima Qian
109-91 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles
406-405 BCE
Greek
Classic of Documents
Various
600-200 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Hecuba
Euripides
424 BCE
Greek
The Book of Taliesin
Anonymous
1500-1600 CE
Celtic, Welsh
Andromache
Euripides
425-420 BCE
Greek
Helen
Euripides
412 BCE
Greek
Gróttasöngr
Anonymous
1200-1300 CE
Germanic, Norse
Ragnars sona þáttr
Anonymous
1200-1300 CE
Germanic, Norse
Song of Release
Anonymous
1400-1300 BCE
Levantine, Hittite