Troiane
by Euripide
PLOT
The women of Troy, devastated by grief, await their fate following the city’s fall. The Greek herald Taltibius announces the division of the female captives among the victors. Hecuba: the queen is assigned to the hated Odysseus. Cassandra: assigned to Agamemnon, she foretells the future misfortunes of the conquerors. Andromache: she is to be given as a prize to Neoptolemus, fully aware of the tragic fate of her young son Astyanax.