Euripides’ most famous work, The Trojan Women was first produced in 415 BC during the Peloponnesian War. It was the third play in a trilogy dealing with the Trojan Wars, following on from Alexandros and Palamedes. The play won second prize at the festival of the City of Dionysia.
The events in the play run parallel to Euripides’ play Hecuba. Regularly performed to this day, it has been translated and adapted many times over for both stage and film. The Trojan Women is often considered by many as one of the best anti-war plays ever written.
Editor’s Note: This play is written as a full
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