The Death of Empedocles (German: Der Tod des Empedokles) is an unfinished theatrical play by Friedrich Hölderlin.
[1] The play is about the final days of pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Empedocles, who, according to legend, threw himself into Mount Etna.
Hölderlin's main source of the story was Diogenes Laërtius's Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers.
[1] In the 1979 film "A Little Romance", Daniel and Lauren discuss the philosopher Martin Heidegger's fascination with Hölderlin's drama, decrying it as "terrible in any language.
"[2] Scottish musician Momus wrote and sang the song "The Death of Empedokles" for his 2016 album Scobberlotchers.