This is an English translation of Euripides' tragedy Hecuba about
Hecuba's grief over her daughter and son's deaths and the revenge
she enacts over her son's death. Focus Classical Library provides
close translations with notes and essays to provide access to
understanding Greek culture.
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 Agamemnon. 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
who Hecuba sent Polydorus to for safety reasons, 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.
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