Anastasia Nancy TERZOPOULOU

The dialectical disputes of the Spartan Helen in the tragedies of “The Trojan Women” by Euripides (c.480-406 BC) and “Troades” by Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

Las disputas dialécticas de la espartana Helena en las tragedias de “Las Troyanas” de Eurípides (c.480-406 a.C.) y “Troades” de Séneca (4 a.C. - 65 d.C.)

Published in Languages and Cultures in Tradition

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The objective of this article is the analysis of the agón between Helen and Hecuba in “The Trojan Women“ (Τρωάδες) by the Athenian playwright Euripides, through which the intertextuality of the passage with the agón between the Spartan Helen and Hector's widow, Andromache, in Seneca's dramatic piece is indicated. Both playwrights managed to transmit through these dramatic works all the pain and horror that war causes to the vanquished, but also to the victors, since, practically, within a war conflict no one comes out completely unscathed both emotionally and physically.