Lyric Poetry & Drama
"The Trojan women of Euripides" by Euripides is a tragedy. Euripides's play follows the fates of the women of Troy after their city has been sacked, their husbands killed, and their remaining families taken away as slaves. However, it begins first with the gods Athena and Poseidon discussing ways to punish the Greek armies because they condoned that Ajax the Lesser raped Cassandra, the eldest daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, after dragging her from a statue of Athena. What follows shows how much the Trojan women have suffered as their grief is compounded when the Greeks dole out additional deaths and divide their shares of women.
© 2019 Good Press (Ebook): 4057664158611
Translators: Gilbert Murray
Release date
Ebook: 20 November 2019
Lyric Poetry & Drama
"The Trojan women of Euripides" by Euripides is a tragedy. Euripides's play follows the fates of the women of Troy after their city has been sacked, their husbands killed, and their remaining families taken away as slaves. However, it begins first with the gods Athena and Poseidon discussing ways to punish the Greek armies because they condoned that Ajax the Lesser raped Cassandra, the eldest daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, after dragging her from a statue of Athena. What follows shows how much the Trojan women have suffered as their grief is compounded when the Greeks dole out additional deaths and divide their shares of women.
© 2019 Good Press (Ebook): 4057664158611
Translators: Gilbert Murray
Release date
Ebook: 20 November 2019
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