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Hecuba, in slavery after Troy's fall, fails to dissuade Odysseus, whose life she once saved, from sacrificing her daughter to honour his dead friend, Achilles; but the girl dies proudly, true to her royal blood in surmounting degradation.

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General introduction to the series (by Shirley Barlow); Introduction to Hecuba; Manuscripts; Apparatus criticus; Parallel Greek text and English translation; Commentary.

Euripides Hecuba

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      Publisher: Liverpool University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780856682377, 978-0856682377
      ISBN10: 0856682373

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Hecuba, in slavery after Troy's fall, fails to dissuade Odysseus, whose life she once saved, from sacrificing her daughter to honour his dead friend, Achilles; but the girl dies proudly, true to her royal blood in surmounting degradation.

      Table of Contents
      General introduction to the series (by Shirley Barlow); Introduction to Hecuba; Manuscripts; Apparatus criticus; Parallel Greek text and English translation; Commentary.

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