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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).
Hecuba had 19 children, some of which included major characters of Homer's Iliad such as the warriors Hector and Paris, as well as the prophetess Cassandra. Two of them, Hector [ 13 ] and Troilus , [ 14 ] are said to have been born as a result of Hecuba's relationship with the god Apollo .
Ecuba acceca Polimestore (Hecuba blinds Polymestor), painted by Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium). Polydorus or Polydoros (/ ˌ p ɒ l ɪ ˈ d ɔːr ə s /; Ancient Greek: Πολύδωρος, i.e. "many-gift[ed]") is the youngest son of Priam in the mythology of the Trojan War.
Hecuba Maybe the most cunning of Trojan princes, married Helen after Paris' death. He was slain during the sack of Troy by Odysseus and/or Menelaus. Helenus Hecuba The twin of Cassandra and, like her, a seer. Lost out to Deiphobus in competition for the hand of Helen after Paris's death. Later marries Andromache. Polydorus Hecuba Youngest of ...
The Trojan Women (Ancient Greek: Τρῳάδες, romanized: Trōiades, lit."The Female Trojans") is a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides, produced in 415 BCE.Also translated as The Women of Troy, or as its transliterated Greek title Troades, The Trojan Women presents commentary on the costs of war through the lens of women and children. [1]
[27] [28] James M. Redfield sees Hector's fate in the Iliad as "in some general sense fated and necessary" but "also, when and as it occurs, the consequence of his own errors and chosen by himself". [29] Ultimately, writes Redfield, it is not any flaw in Hector's character which leads to his doom but his aidos ('shame' or 'fear of disgrace').
The plot then becomes that of the Iliad, covering the dispute between Achilles and Agamemnon over Chryseis, which results in Achilles yielding Briseis to Agamemnon, Achilles's subsequent refusal to join the fighting, then the deaths of Patroclus, Hector, and finally Achilles. Briseis has become pregnant with Achilles's child shortly before his ...
Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad is a novel for children written by Rosemary Sutcliff, illustrated by Alan Lee, and published (posthumously) by Frances Lincoln in 1993. Partly based on the Iliad , the book retells the story of the Trojan War , from the birth of Paris to the building of the Trojan Horse .