Bibliograph

Hecuba ;, The Trojan women ; Andromache

Type

Label

Hecuba ;, The Trojan women ; Andromache

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Hecuba ;

Medium

electronic resourceEuripides.

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

The Trojan women ; Andromache

Summary

Written about ten years after the Trojan War, "Andromache" may be a bitter attack on the Trojan national character. Andromache has been given as a slave and concubine to Neoptolemus, son of Achilles, and incurs the wrath of his barren wife, Hermoine, when she becomes pregnant. The plot illustrates a sophistry, cowardice and violence in the Spartans

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor