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Penthesilea

tragedy by Heinrich von Kleist
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Summary

Penthesilea is a literary work[1]. Penthesilea ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (617 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Heinrich von Kleist[3]
  • Genre: tragedy[4]
  • Language of work or name: German[5]
  • Inception: 1806[6]
  • Has edition or translation: Penthésilée (French edition, 1954)[7], Q19977103[8], Q19977104[9]
  • Narrative location: Troy[10]
  • Work available at URL: https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/kleist/penthes/penthes.html[11]
  • Date of first performance: April 25, 1876[12]
  • Title: Penthesilea[13]
  • Subtitle: Ein Trauerspiel[14]
  • Location of first performance: Berlin[15]
  • Derivative work: Q47434793[16], Q47434875[17]
  • Form of creative work: play[18]

Why It Matters

Penthesilea has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Penthesilea is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Heinrich von Kleist literary work

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bookbrainz work id → 9413ac4f-ece8-468f-b085-b1fb7e2ce6e6
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'el', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'nl', 'ru']
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 19w ago · Mcampany · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → Q47434793, Q47434875
    Narrative location → Troy
    Form of creative work → play
    Language of work or name → German
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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