Euripides: Hecuba (Focus Classical Library)
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Author: EuripidesEditor: Robin Mitchell-Boyask
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-12-02
ISBN: 1585101486
Number of pages: 112
Publisher: Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co.
Summary of Euripides: Hecuba (Focus Classical Library)
Euripides? Hecuba is one of the few tragedies that evoke a sense of utter desolation and destruction in the audience. The drama focuses on the status of women, those who are out of power and at the margins of society, by enacting the sufferings of Hecuba. With the city of Troy fallen, Hecuba and Polyxena, her daughter, are enslaved to Odysseus. Hecuba is despondent with the news that Polyxena is chosen to be sacrificed at the tomb of Achilles. After the sacrifice, the body of her son Polydorus, already a ghost at the start of the drama, is discovered. Polymestor, a king in Thrace and Hecuba?s son-in-law, murdered Polydorus for his gold. With the tacit complicity of Agamemnon, Hecuba plots her revenge against Polymestor. What transpires next has lasting implications for all involved, including a dramatic trial scene and Hecuba?s ultimate metamorphosis.Classics Books
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