Trojan Women
Conquered city's mourners
The Trojan Women is a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides, first performed in 415 BCE.
It depicts the aftermath of Troy's fall through the suffering of its captive women—Hecuba, Andromache, Cassandra—as they await enslavement by the Greek victors.
The play is renowned as an antiwar statement, emphasizing the human cost of conquest.
The director staged The Trojan Women as commentary on modern refugee crises.
- CassandraIgnored prophet of doom
- war widowsWomen whose husbands died fighting
- EuripidesGreek tragic dramatist
- classical theatreAncient Greek and Roman stagecraft
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
captivity · exile · patriarchy · mourning · destruction · Andromache · loss · survival · trauma · displacement · lamentation · Homer · Paris · Priam · oppression · Sophocles · resilience · cinematic adaptations
wartime role
Trojan WomenAgamemnon
Mycenaean king, war leader
Odysseus · Achilles · Greek heroes · Ajax · Diomedes