The Trojan Women characters

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The former queen of Troy, now an elderly captive after the city's fall. Her husband and many of her children are dead, and she waits with the surviving Trojan women to learn which Greek master will claim her.

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Hecuba's daughter, a princess and prophet of Apollo. The god has given her true knowledge of the future while ensuring that others treat her warnings as madness or delusion.

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The widow of the Trojan hero Hector and mother of his young son Astyanax. She has survived the sack of Troy only to face enslavement and separation from the remains of her family.

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The young son of Hector and Andromache and the last male heir of Troy's royal house. He is a helpless captive in the hands of Greeks who fear what he might represent if allowed to grow up.

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The Spartan queen whose departure with Paris helped bring the Greek expedition against Troy. After the city's defeat, she is a captive facing the anger of her husband Menelaus and of the Trojan women who blame her for their losses.

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The king of Sparta and Helen's husband. He comes to the ruined city intending to recover Helen and carry her back to Greece for punishment.

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A Greek herald charged with announcing the victors' decisions to the Trojan captives. He executes the army's orders while showing intermittent shame and pity for the people harmed by them.

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The sea god who once protected Troy and now looks upon the city after its destruction. Though defeated in his support for Troy, he joins Athena in considering punishment for the Greeks' sacrilege during the sack.

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A goddess who supported the Greeks during the war but is angered by their failure to punish violence committed in her sanctuary. She proposes that the returning fleet suffer for the victors' disrespect.

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The captive women of Troy, waiting beside the Greek ships to be assigned as slaves. Their songs join individual losses into a collective account of a conquered city.