After Hecuba makes a tearful plea for him to grant Cassandra a reprieve from his attentions, Agamemnon comes to emotional terms with what the cost of going to war with Troy has done to his own daughter, to Hecuba’s daughter, and to himself. Posted in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine. Continue reading Voices from Troy Monologue 11B: The Luxury of Tears! (Agamemnon)
Just hours before having to reveal whether she will make one last stand against the Greek Army, Hecuba must process Agamemnon’s own revelation of how he plans to leave her as Troy’s sole survivor. Posted in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine. Continue reading Voices from Troy Monologue 10B: You Have Daughters, Agamemnon (Hecuba)
Only a few hours before Hecuba must decide whether to surrender to the Greeks or make one desperate last stand against them, a Chorus of Trojan Wennen gather and recount the night of the Trojan Horse. Posted in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine. Continue reading Voices from Troy Monologue 9B: No One Can Say We Did Not Live! (Chorus of Trojan Wennen with Hecuba)
Thinking that Andromache’s current silence is a continuing reaction to the death of her beloved Hector in battle, Hecuba encourages her daughter-in-law to express grief openly, unaware that this stoicism masks a more immediate loss. Posted in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine. Continue reading Voices from Troy Monologue 8B: Grief Must Find Expression (Hecuba)
After being derided by Hecuba for attempting to cast herself as Paris’ unwilling captive, Helen decides to embrace the role her contemporaries have agreed upon for her — Manipulator of Men. Continue reading Voices from Troy Monologue 7B: The Manipulator (Helen)
Alone in Troy after the death of her lover, Paris, Helen casts herself as his unwilling captive in an attempt to curb the hostility of Hecuba and the remaining Trojan Wennen. Continue reading Voices from Troy Monologue 6B: The Captive (Helen)
Before the Trojan Wennen, Hecuba, Queen of Troy, grieves over the body of her great friend, Danisma, who has committed suicide after being violated by a Greek soldier. Posted in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine. Continue reading Voices from Troy Monologue 5B: Salt Tears Are Sweet Good-bye (Hecuba)
Greek Goddess, Athena, assures Apollo that the Greeks will pay for their war crimes against the Trojan Wennen. Posted in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine. Continue reading Voices from Troy Monologue 4B: The Victory Shall Be Justice! (Athena)
Olympian God, Apollo, condemns the Greeks for the deceitful means they used to infiltrate Troy and for their war crimes committed in the city thereafter, which he calls “Vicious, even by the hateful standards of Ares!” Posted in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine. Continue reading Voices from Troy Monologue 3B: Deceitful Means (Apollo)
Olympian Goddess of Wisdom, Athena, assures Apollo that the destruction of Troy was not her will. Posted in Solidarity with the People of Ukraine. Continue reading Voices from Troy Monologue 2B: Protector of Cities (Athena)
Greetings from Justicea 