The Chorus of Trojan Women in Hecuba: searching for the Meaning of War
Abstract
In Euripides' tragedy Hecuba, the chorus is formed by captive Trojan women who serve the double purpose of enhancing their old queen's intense emotions and revealing, as victims, the consequences of a war that has sowed destruction and loss among victors and vanquished. Bearing in mind this belligerent context and its effects on the population, I propose to focus on a special selection of stasima, to examine the chorus as a mediating element in the development of the tragedy, and to show how the evolution of this collective character, in parallel with that of the central heroine, facilitates a holistic understanding of the entire play.
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