Hecuba
Americannoun
noun
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Sarah Dowling, who plays Hecuba, the Trojan queen, said “the breadth of Emma’s knowledge really helps ground the work.”
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022
Shelah finds herself in the position of Job, Hecuba and Lear, figures brought low by merciless fate.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2017
“And all for nothing – For Hecuba! What’s Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba / That he should weep for her?”
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
Chief among the captives was the old Queen, Hecuba, and her daughter-in-law, Hector’s wife Andromache.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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