The theme of Dani è le Huillet and Jean Marie Straub's "The Death of Empedocles" (1987) is the Greek philosopher Empedocles from the pre Socratic period (approximately 490-430 BC), who lived in the Greek colony of Agri Zentum on Sicily. Plato's theory was mentioned in several dialogues. He insists that all matter is composed of four irreducible elements: water, soil, air, and fire. He is a mysticism and poet, and is regarded as the founder of classical rhetoric. He is also considered the last Greek philosopher to write poetry; Two fragments of his work survived: 'Katharmoi' and 'Peri Phuse ô s'. As an advocate of democracy, he clashed with his fellow countrymen in Agri Zentoum and was subsequently expelled along with his young disciple, Pausanius. When he was asked to return, he would rather commit suicide by throwing himself into the active volcano of Antaena volcano. German writer Friedrich Holdrin wrote two versions of "The Age of the Emperor" in 1798 and 1800, and wrote the final third version in 1820, none of which were ultimately completed. They are considered five acts of tragedy, and the plot of the three acts is not the same. According to Michael Hamburg, Holderlin's English translator, the main reason why Holderlin did not complete this play must be because his relationship with Empedocles was too close, and during this period of his life, his own views on the poet as a philosopher, prophet, pastor, and tragic hero were permanently in crisis and re examined. Huillet Straub's "The Death of Empedocles" is adapted from Holderling's first version (the longest of the three versions), while "Black Crime" is adapted from the third version.
