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“Euripides and the Women Left Standing in the Ashes”
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Title: The Trojan Women
Author: Euripides
Category: Philosophy & Big Ideas, Culture & Society, World History
Troy has fallen and the men are dead, so what happens to the women? Sam and Sophie sit with that question for a minute, because Euripides starts his play after the glory is already over.
They walk through the structure of The Trojan Women: the prologue where Poseidon mourns the city he built and…
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