Hecuba

Written by Euripides

Narrated by LibriVox Community

Like Euripides' Trojan Women, this play takes place after the sack of Troy. Hecuba, widow of King Priam, suffers the loss of her daughter Polyxena and her son Polydore, and is hungry for revenge on those who have wronged her. Summary by Elizabeth Klett

Cast of Characters:
Ghost of Polydore: Rob Board
Hecuba: Elizabeth Klett
Chorus: Rapunzelina
Polyxena: Kristin Gjerløw
Ulysses: alanmapstone
Talthybius: Todd
Attendant: Mary Kay
Agamemnon: Larry Wilson
Polymestor: davidpr
Narrator: MaryAnn

• Language: English
• Publisher: LibriVox
• Release date: Aug 25, 2014

Euripides

Euripides was a tragedian of classical Athens. He was born on Salamis Island around 480 BC to his mother, Cleito, and father, Mnesarchus, a retailer who lived in a village near Athens. He had two disastrous marriages, and both his wives—Melite and Choerine (the latter bearing him three sons)—were unfaithful. He became a recluse, making a home for himself in a cave on Salamis. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. He became, in the Hellenistic Age, a cornerstone of ancient literary education. The details of his death are uncertain.