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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Hecuba&#039;&#039;&#039; is a tragedy by [[Euripides]] written c. [[424 BC]] (in the midst of the [[Peloponnesian War]]). The play is meant to take place after the [[Trojan War]], but before the [[Greeks]] have departed [[Troy]]. It depicts [[Hecuba]]&#039;s grief over the loss of a [[Polyxena|daughter]], and the revenge she takes over the loss of a [[Polydorus|son]]. Taking place near the same time is [[The Trojan Women]], another play by Euripides. <br /> <br /> ==Plot==<br /> Hecuba and other Trojan woman are being carried away as slaves by the Greeks in the aftermath of the Trojan War. The Greeks make a stopover in Chersonnese, [[Thrace]], where [[Polymestor]], a former ally of Troy, reigns. There, Hecuba finds out that the Greeks intend to sacrifice her daughter, [[Polyxena]], at the tomb of [[Achilles]]. The former queen mourns and begs [[Odysseus]] to show mercy, nevertheless, the sacrifice proceeds. The news of the dignified manner with which [[Polyxena]] met her death is no consolation to Hecuba, who soon hears of a second tragedy: her son [[Polydorus]], who was sent for safekeeping during the war to [[Polymestor]], is found dead by one of her servants who went to bring water to cleanse the corpse of Polyxena.<br /> <br /> Hecuba is now distraught over her double tragedy and conceives a plan to avenge Polydorus&#039; death: She begs [[Agamemnon]], the leader of the Greeks, to allow her to extract vengeance on Polymestor. The Greek king hesitates at first but eventually relents before the grief-stricken queen. Polymestor and his children are called to a tent, supposedly for an important meeting, and there Hecuba puts out the Thracian King&#039;s eyes and butchers his children.<br /> <br /> The blinded King leaves the tent and hears Agamemnon justifying Hecuba&#039;s actions. He then prophesies disaster for both Agamemnon and Hecuba. <br /> <br /> ==Translations==<br /> <br /> *Edward P. Coleridge, 1891 - prose: [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Eur.+Hec.+1 full text]<br /> *Arthur S. Way, 1912 - verse<br /> *J. T. Sheppard, 1927 - verse<br /> *Hugh O. Meredith, 1937 - verse<br /> *William Arrowsmith, 1958 - verse<br /> *Philip Vellacott, 1963 - verse<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Ancient Greek plays]]</div>

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