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# The Trojan Women and Other Plays

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Review: Euripides: The Trojan Women, Hecuba, Andromache - This volume, with translation, introduction and notes by James Morwood offers readings on Euripides' plays The Trojan Women, Hecuba and Andromache. These are all related to the Trojan War and follow themes begun in Homer's Iliad. In Hecuba, the Queen of ruined Troy seeks revenge on Polymestor for the murder of her son Polydorus, but it becomes much more than that, when Agamemnon becomes a temporary ally, and Hecuba's revenge becomes a source of further despair to balance against all her losses in the war against the Greeks. In The Trojan Women, the women are being held waiting for the Greeks to allocate them out after the fall of the city. Hecuba bewails her loss and her awarding to hated Odysseus, Cassandra madly goes about preparing for her wedding to Agamemnon and the fate she will bring his family, Andromache dreads her fate with Neoptolemus whose father Achilles killed her husband Hector, and loses her son Astyanax to the Greeks. The chorus of Trojan women share the pain of all these women, and remind the audience of the widespread despair, loss and fear that these women suffered even after their men had been lost in the war. This must have been a very unusual play, given the large number of women characters in a play that was acted by men for a largely men-only audience in fifth century BC Athens. In Andromache, the widow of Hector begins her new life as slave to Neoptolemus, who killed Hector's father, whose father killed her husband, whose wife Hermione is the daughter of Menelaus and Helen who started the Trojan War. A bitter life indeed. These are wonderful plays; what I would give to have a time travelling machine and to be able to go back to fifth century BC Athens to witness their performance. This book offers a great introduction to someone like me who has not come across Euripides' works before. The introduction is lengthy and most informative, the translations are sympathetic and coherent, and the notes are concise but pertinent.
Review: It arrived as promised and in excellent condition. - Having read Homer's The Iliad I wanted to read about the aftermath

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 222,830 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 77 in Literary Studies 399 in Classical, Early & Medieval Poetry 518 in Drama & Dramatists |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (140) |
| Dimensions  | 20.83 x 13.21 x 1.27 cm |
| Edition  | Reissue |
| ISBN-10  | 0199538816 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0199538812 |
| Item weight  | 159 g |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 224 pages |
| Publication date  | 13 Nov. 2008 |
| Publisher  | OUP Oxford |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Euripides: The Trojan Women, Hecuba, Andromache
*by T***R on 25 October 2013*

This volume, with translation, introduction and notes by James Morwood offers readings on Euripides' plays The Trojan Women, Hecuba and Andromache. These are all related to the Trojan War and follow themes begun in Homer's Iliad. In Hecuba, the Queen of ruined Troy seeks revenge on Polymestor for the murder of her son Polydorus, but it becomes much more than that, when Agamemnon becomes a temporary ally, and Hecuba's revenge becomes a source of further despair to balance against all her losses in the war against the Greeks. In The Trojan Women, the women are being held waiting for the Greeks to allocate them out after the fall of the city. Hecuba bewails her loss and her awarding to hated Odysseus, Cassandra madly goes about preparing for her wedding to Agamemnon and the fate she will bring his family, Andromache dreads her fate with Neoptolemus whose father Achilles killed her husband Hector, and loses her son Astyanax to the Greeks. The chorus of Trojan women share the pain of all these women, and remind the audience of the widespread despair, loss and fear that these women suffered even after their men had been lost in the war. This must have been a very unusual play, given the large number of women characters in a play that was acted by men for a largely men-only audience in fifth century BC Athens. In Andromache, the widow of Hector begins her new life as slave to Neoptolemus, who killed Hector's father, whose father killed her husband, whose wife Hermione is the daughter of Menelaus and Helen who started the Trojan War. A bitter life indeed. These are wonderful plays; what I would give to have a time travelling machine and to be able to go back to fifth century BC Athens to witness their performance. This book offers a great introduction to someone like me who has not come across Euripides' works before. The introduction is lengthy and most informative, the translations are sympathetic and coherent, and the notes are concise but pertinent.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It arrived as promised and in excellent condition.
*by M***E on 18 May 2021*

Having read Homer's The Iliad I wanted to read about the aftermath

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Stars
*by G***B on 25 July 2015*

An excellent book with a number of Greek pays included. Good commentaries on the plays.

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