Ἑκάβη

Hecuba

Author

Euripides

Language

Classical Attic Greek

Year

c. 424 BC

Country

Classical Athens

Genre

Drama / Theatre / Plays

graeco-romanepicstragedies

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Hecuba is a tragedy by Euripides, written c. 424 BC. It takes place after the Trojan War but before the Greeks have departed Troy. 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.