Euripides II: Hecuba

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Hecuba by Euripides is a tragedy set in the aftermath of the fall of Troy. It follows Hecuba, the former queen of Troy, now a captive slave of the Greeks, as she endures devastating losses and is pushed to her absolute limits. The play is a powerful exploration of grief, the extremes of suffering, and what happens to a person — and their humanity — when everything is taken from them.

Euripides was born near Athens between 485 and 480 BC. His first play was presented in 455 BC and he wrote some hundred altogether of which nineteen survive – a greater number than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles combined – and which include Alkestis, Medea, Bacchae, Hippolytos, Ion and Iphigenia at Aulis. He died in 406 BC.