Oct 11, 2008

The Trojan Women | The Trojan Women

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Author: Euripides
First Published: 415
Type of Work: Drama
Type of Plot: Tragedy
Time of Work: Antiquity
Genres: Drama, Tragedy
Subjects: War, Women, Death or dying, Kings, queens, or royalty, Gods or goddesses, Greek or Roman times, Joy or sorrow, Trojan War
Locales: Troy, ancient

Places Discussed

*Troy. Ancient city on the coast of Asia Minor that according to tradition was destroyed by the Greeks. In Euripides’ play, the city’s breached walls—which were originally built by Poseidon—symbolize the city’s fate, and also serve as the backdrop throughout the play. Encamped before the walls, the captured Trojan women mourn their dead. From these walls they depart for slavery in Greece. Andromache’s son, Astyanax, is hurled to his death from the walls, and his grandmother, Queen Hecuba, buries him here before she herself departs in slavery. The...

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The Trojan Women | The Trojan Women

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