Presentation of Trojan Women, Helen, Hecuba: Three Plays about Women and the Trojan War, by Francis Blessington
The Greek Institute 1038 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United StatesPlease join us for a presentation and book signing by Professor Francis Blessington: These three ancient tragedies—Trojan Women, Helen, and Hecuba—dramatize the tragic fates of women in the wake of war. Euripides (480–406 BC) innovatively brought to Greek tragedy the inner lives of his characters. In these plays he delivers powerful portrayals of the suffering... View Article