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Hecuba [EPUB ebook]
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Hecuba, deposed queen of Troy, has seen her husband humiliated, her son murdered and her daughter sacrificed. Her grief turns to anger and she enacts a bloody vengeance on those responsible for the destruction of her family.
This English translation of Euripides' classic tragedy, published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by Marianne Mc Donald.

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Euripides (c. 480-406 BC) was, along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 96 ● ISBN 9781788502443 ● File size 0.1 MB ● Translator Marianne McDonald ● Publisher Nick Hern Books ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2019 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7245765 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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