Seneca's Troades: Introduction, Text, Translation and Commentary

by A.J. Boyle

Seneca (ca 1 B.C.-A.D. 65) sets his Troades in the immediate aftermath of the fall of Troy. The Trojan women (the troades) were to become the prizes of the victorious Greeks. As the play opens, their husbands and sons dead, their city in ruins, they wait, lamenting, to be allotted to their new masters. But before the Greek warriors sail home with their spoils, further horrors are in store. Pyrrhus, son of Achilles, demands the sacrifice of the Trojan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 090520588X
• ISBN13: 9780905205885
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Francis Cairns Publications
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.5"