Title: Trojan women
Description: The play explores the folly of war, focussing on the trials of the royal family of the fallen city of Troy (Hecuba, Andromache and their children) as they mourn their past and current sufferings, and the continued assault of the Greeks on the survivors as they look to sacrifice two of the royal progeny, Polyxena and Astyanax.
Subjects: Drama, Trojan War, Andromache (Legendary character), Princesses, Hecuba (Legendary character), Queens, Greek drama, translations into english
Places: Troy (Extinct city)