The Hecuba ; : Orestes ; Pho︠en︡ician virgins ; and Medea of Euripides : literally translated into English prose
(2014)
By:
Euripides
Nonfiction
eBook
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PUBLISHED
[United States]: Neeland Media LLC, 2014
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1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781420904031 (electronic bk.) MWT11932637, 1420904035 (electronic bk.) 11932637
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"Hecuba" was written around 424 B.C.E., and is considered to be one of Euripides' most bleak works. In the aftermath of the Trojan War, Hecuba, the wife of Trojan King Priam, finds herself in a state of utter desolation. Her husband and sons have been killed, and her daughters either slain or given as concubines to Greek kings, and she herself has been given to the hated Odysseus. From this beautifully penned story of destruction, loss, revenge, and the consequences of war has risen one of the most tragic figures in classical literature
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