Polydorus of Troy - Wikipedia
Polydorus or Polydoros (/ ˌpɒlɪˈdɔːrəs /; Ancient Greek: Πολύδωρος, i.e. "many-gift [ed]") is the youngest son of Priam in the mythology of the Trojan War. While Homer states his mother is Laothoe, later sources state his mother is Hecuba.
Hecuba - Wikipedia
Polydorus, the youngest son of Priam and Hecuba, is sent to King Polymestor for safekeeping, but when Troy falls, Polymestor murders Polydorus. Hecuba learns of this, and when Polymestor comes to the fallen city, Hecuba, by trickery, blinds him and kills his two sons.
Euripides, Hecuba, line 1 - Perseus Digital Library
Scene: Before Agamemnon's tent in the Greek camp upon the shore of the Thracian Chersonese. The Ghost of Polydorus appears. Ghost. I have come from out of the charnel-house and gates of gloom, where Hades dwells apart from gods, I Polydorus, a son of Hecuba, the daughter of Cisseus, and of Priam.
The Internet Classics Archive | Hecuba by Euripides
The GHOST OF POLYDORUS appears. GHOST. Lo! I am come from out the charnel-house and gates of gloom, where Hades dwells apart from gods, I Polydorus, a son of Hecuba the daughter of Cisseus and of Priam. Now my father, when Phrygia's capital was threatened with destruction by the spear of Hellas, took alarm and conveyed me secretly from the land ...
Hecuba by Euripides - Greek Mythology
In the prologue to Hecuba, the ghost of Polydorus—Priam and Hecuba’s youngest son—comes out of the grave to tell his story. He reveals how, sometime after the beginning of the Trojan War, he was sent by his father Priam to the court of his guest-friend, King …
Hecuba (play) - Wikipedia
Hecuba reciprocates, concealing her knowledge of the murder of Polydorus. Hecuba tells Polymestor she knows where the remaining treasures of Troy are hidden, and offers to tell him the secrets, to be passed on to Polydorus.
Hecuba – Euripides | Play Summary & Analysis | Greek Mythology ...
However, the servant who fetches the water also discovers the corpse of Hecuba‘s son Polydorus, now washed up on the shore. Hecuba immediately suspects that Polymestor has killed her son for the treasure and, pushed now to the edge of madness by her sufferings, begins to plot her revenge.
4. The Captive Woman's Lament and Her Revenge in Euripides' Hecuba …
Three acts of extraordinary violence form the backbone of this plot: the murder of Polydorus before the play begins, the sacrifice of Polyxena by the Greek soldiers, and the simultaneous blinding of Polymestor and killing of his sons by Hecuba and her fellow captive women.
Hecuba | Greek Mythology, Queen of Troy & Fate | Britannica
According to Euripides (in the Hecuba), her youngest son, Polydorus, had been placed under the care of Polymestor, king of Thrace. When the Greeks reached the Thracian Chersonese on their way home, she discovered that her son had been murdered and in revenge put out the eyes of Polymestor and murdered his two sons.
Hecuba (Play) - Mythopedia
Mar 3, 2023 · The Hecuba is a tragedy by Euripides, usually dated to the late 420s BCE. The play focuses on Hecuba, the former queen of Troy, and the misfortunes she suffers after her city is sacked. It culminates in her bloody revenge on Polymestor, …