The Trojan Women (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Euripides
- First Published: 415
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Setting: Outside the ruined walls of Troy
- Principal Characters: Poseidon, Pallas Athena, Hecuba, Cassandra, Andromache, Helen, Menelaus, Talthybius, Chorus of the Captive Trojan Women
- 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
The Story:
On the second morning after the fall of Troy and the massacre of all its male inhabitants, Poseidon appeared to lament the ruins and vow vengeance against the Greeks. To his surprise, Pallas Athena, the goddess who had aided the Greeks, joined him in plotting a disastrous homeward voyage for the victors who had despoiled her temple in Troy. They withdrew as Hecuba rose from among the sleeping Trojan women to mourn the burning city and her dead sons and husband. The chorus joined her in chanting an anguished lament.
Talthybius, the herald of the Greeks, arrived...
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