Hecuba

LibriVox recording of Hecuba by Euripides. (Translated by Theodore Alois Buckley.)

Read in English by Librivox Volunteers.

Like Euripides' Trojan Women, this play takes place after the sack of Troy. Hecuba, widow of King Priam, suffers the loss of her daughter Polyxena and her son Polydore, and is hungry for revenge on those who have wronged her. Summary by Elizabeth Klett.

Cast of Characters:

Ghost of Polydore: Rob Marland

Hecuba: Elizabeth Klett

Chorus: Rapunzelina

Polyxena: Kristin Gjerløw

Ulysses: alanmapstone

Talthybius: Todd

Attendant: Mary Kay

Agamemnon: Larry Wilson

Polymestor: davidpr

Narrator: MaryAnn

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