Hekabe

But I have to point out that the chorus in Hekabe explicitly described what happened to Polymestor as a kind of killing.

The Revenge of the Trojan Women Burch, Steven 2007

In a brilliant example of Euripides 'moral "flux" we watch as victim (Hekabe) becomes victimizer and as victimizer (Polymestor) becomes victim.

The Revenge of the Trojan Women Burch, Steven 2007

I should not have said that Hekabe and her Trojan women actually killed Polymestor, when they killed his two sons and blinded him.

The Revenge of the Trojan Women Burch, Steven 2007

First he writes of Hekabe that Polymestor, who had murdered Hekabe's son Polydoros, is lured into Hekabe's tent: "He thought he would be safe there, but, as Hekabe had planned, the women kill him."

The Revenge of the Trojan Women Burch, Steven 2007

In other words, Hekabe and her women meted out a revenge that was even more terrible than the straightforward killings of Polymestor's two sons.

The Revenge of the Trojan Women Burch, Steven 2007

Unknown to Polymestor, Hekabe has already won Agamemnon to her side and Polymestor loses his case and is exiled.

The Revenge of the Trojan Women Burch, Steven 2007

Demetrius of Corinth is playing Hekabe, Doriscus is playing Andromache, and—they say he is amazing in the part—Aristogenes is Helen.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Demetrius of Corinth is playing Hekabe, Doriscus is playing Andromache, and—they say he is amazing in the part—Aristogenes is Helen.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Polymestor is held down and watches as his two sons are killed, and then Hekabe blinds him.

The Revenge of the Trojan Women Burch, Steven 2007

In line 1121 Polymestor himself tells Agamemnon that Hekabe has destroyed him, and he goes on to say "not destroyed me, but worse than that."

The Revenge of the Trojan Women Burch, Steven 2007