Hecuba - Hecuba in Arts and Literature

Hecuba in Arts and Literature

Hecuba is frequently referenced in classical literature, and in many medieval, Renaissance, and modern works. Among the works which are about Hecuba are:

  • Hecuba and The Trojan Women, plays by Euripides
  • The Trojan War Will Not Take Place, play by Jean Giraudoux
  • King Priam, novel by David Park
  • Cortege of Eagles (1967), ballet by Martha Graham
  • "Trojan Barbie" (2006), play by Christine Evans

Hecuba is mentioned in:

  • The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
  • The poem "Fortune plango vulnera" in Carmina Burana
  • The poem "The Rape of Lucrece" by William Shakespeare
  • Coriolanus (Act I, Scene 3) by William Shakespeare
  • Hamlet (Act II, Scene 2) by Shakespeare
  • Cymbeline (Act IV, Scene 2) by Shakespeare
  • Justice for Hedgehogs by Ronald Dworkin as the drowning swimmer one may or may not have an ethical duty to save.

The name Hecuba or Hecubah appears occasionally:

  • The cat in the movie Drag Me to Hell
  • The chief antagonist in the video game Nox
  • Harold Hecuba, a character in the Gilligan's Island episode "The Producer" (played by Phil Silvers)
  • As an evil witch in the cancelled daytime drama, "Passions" (played by Robin Strasser)
  • The cat in the movie I've Been Waiting For You

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