The Trojan Women
Ancient Greece
Euripides’ The Trojan Women—An Unflinching Look at Brutality of War
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The Trojan Women is a genocide narrative. In this play, the great Athenian dramatist Euripides explores the enslavement of women, human sacrifice, rape, and infanticide.
By Chris Mackie
The story of the long struggle for the life of the city of...
World
The National Changgeuk Company of Korea Incorporates Pansori in Euripides’ Trojan Women
The latest experimental contemporary changgeuk, or traditional Korean opera that the National Changgeuk Company of Korea has taken on is creating a minimalist and contemporary version of Euripides' play, The Trojan Women.
The way in which the company tells the...
Culture
London Gate Theatre Shows Euripides’ Trojan Women
A new adaptation of Euripide's famous tragedy The Trojan Women (Troades in Greek) will run at the London Gate Theatre Nov. 8-Dec. 15 .The ancient Greek drama, which follows the fates of the women of Troy after their city has been sacked,...
Greek News
Trilingual Greek Tragedy to Be Presented in Israel
According to the Mainichi Daily News, Japanese theater director Yukio Ninagawa is planning to direct "The Trojan Women," a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides, in Tel Aviv and Tokyo in December. The actors will speak in Japanese, Arabic...