Word: hecuba
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Babe's adaptation adds the brass of the American idiom to Euripides' sterling verse, and every line rings true. His new version of Trojan Women is--from the brilliant sex metaphors of Cassandra's speech to Hecuba's point-by-point indictment of hypocrisy--incisive and beautiful dramatic poetry. It should be published...