Hecuba (play)

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Hecuba (Ancient Greek: Ἑκάβη Hekabē) is a tragedy by Euripides written c. 424 BC. It takes place after the Trojan War but before the Greeks have departed Troy (roughly the same time as The Trojan Women another play by Euripides). The central figure is Hecuba wife of King Priam formerly Queen of the now-fallen city. It depicts Hecuba’s grief over the death of her daughter Polyxena and the revenge she takes for the murder of her youngest son Polydorus.

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author

Euripides

character in play

Agamemnon, Odysseus, Maid, Ghost of Polydorus, Hecuba, Polymestor and his children, Polyxena, Talthybius

chorus character in play

Captive Trojan Women

genre

Tragedy

original language

Ancient Greek

premiere place

Classical Athens

setting of play

Greek camp upon the shore of the Thracian Chersonese