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Hecuba (play)




  Caption Hecuba Blinding Polymnestor by Giuseppe Maria Crespi
  Writer Euripides
  Chorus Captive Trojan Women
  Characters Ghost of Polydorus <br /> Hecuba <br /> Polyxena <br /> Odysseus <br /> Talthybius <br />Maid<br /> Agamemnon <br /> Polymestor , ''and his children''
  Setting Greek camp upon the shore of the Thracian Chersonese


Hecuba is a Tragedy by Euripides written c. 424 BC . The play is meant to take place after the Trojan War , but before the Greeks have departed Troy . It depicts Hecuba 's grief over the loss of a daughter, and the revenge she takes over the loss of a son. Taking place near the same time is The Trojan Women , another play by Euripides. This play has also been mentioned in the second act of Hamlet by Shakespeare .




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