Hecuba
Americannoun
noun
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Dowling said she had tapped Cole several times, including for a scene in which Hecuba prays to the gods for help defending Troy.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
Hecuba, his widow, conspires with Briseis to take advantage of the restless, fractious Greeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
Amid other, far uglier confrontations around statues in America, it’s strangely heartening to note the kerfuffle over the University of Southern California’s erection of a statue of Hecuba, queen of Troy, this week.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2017
Carr's play, Hecuba, is a "reimagination" of the Euripides tragedy about the former queen of Troy that will be directed by Erica Whyman, the RSC's deputy artistic director.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2015
From the gates old Priam, his father, and his mother Hecuba cried to him to come within and save himself, but he did not heed.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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