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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"maff" |
| Date: |
19 Mar 2005 09:38:45 AM |
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OT: Hecuba |
Bitter tears
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1440240,00.html
Hecuba - the woman who loses everything in a pointless war - has
troubled presidents and made tyrants weep. But, asks Tony Harrison,
will we ever learn from Euripides' play?
Saturday March 19, 2005
The Guardian
Although there is no doubt that the original Athenian audiences wept
for Hecuba, the first individual we know to have done so was the cruel
tyrant Alexander of Pherae - much to his own sense of shame.
According to Plutarch, the monster was so moved to pity by the
spectacle of the Queen of Troy without husband, sons or city, reduced
to slavery, that he jumped up and ran from the theatre as fast as he
could. But he said it would be terrible if, when he was killing so many
of his own subjects, he should be seen to be shedding tears over the
sufferings of Hecuba and her daughter Polyxena. Alexander almost went
so far as to insist that the actor who played Hecuba be severely
punished for having softened his heart "like iron in the furnace".
Hecuba
http://news.google.com/news?tab=gn&q=Hecuba&num=100&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&
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Troy Trojan Trojans
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http://www.google.com/search?q=Troy+OR+Trojan+OR+Trojans&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&tab=nw&sa=N
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