00:00 Menelaus’s entrance
1:32 Hecuba is invoking Zeus
2:47 Helen of Troy’s entrance
5:04 Helen’s argument
10:05 Hecuba’s response
15:03 Menelaus’s response
In this scene, the Greek king Menelaus arrives to collect Helen, his wife. He considers killing her. When Helen protests, Hecuba intervenes and disagrees with Helen』s account of her 「abduction」 that led to the Trojan War. While Helen claimed to have been dazzled by Aphrodite』s power, Hecuba proposes that Helen was instead dazzled by Paris』s looks and wealth. Hecuba accuses Helen of being an actively unfaithful wife who left Menelaus of her own free will, as opposed to a faithful one stolen away due to divine intervention.
A scene from 2021 Square Talk, in association with Apollo Arts Production of Euripides’ Trojan Women, directed by Nicolas Walker
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