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The Trojan Women, also translated as The Women of Troy, and also known by its transliterated Greek title Troades, is a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides . It was first presented at the City Dionysia of 415 BC, along with two other unconnected tragedies, Alexandros and Palamedes, and the comedic satyr play Sisyphos, all of which have since been lost to antiquity . The play is a famous and powerful indictment of the barbarous cruelties of war . It was first produced only months after the Athenians captured the city-state of Melos, butchering its men and reducing its women to slavery, and the mood of the drama may well have been influenced by Athenian atrocities . The work, which is set during the period immediately after the taking of Troy, treats the sufferings of the wives and children of the city’s defeated leaders, in particular the old Trojan queen, Hecuba, and the other royal women . Cassandra, Hecuba’s daughter, is taken off to be the concubine of Agamemnon, and Andromache, one of Hecuba’s daughter-in-law, is taken to serve Neoptolemus . Andromache’s son Astyanax is taken from her and hurled to his death from the walls of Troy . Finally, as Troy goes up in flames, Hecuba and the other Trojan women are carried off to the ships to face slavery in Greece . It is often considered one of Euripides greatest works, and among the best anti-war plays ever written .