“THE TROJAN WOMEN” by Euripides

Euripides' tragedy "The Trojan Women", translated by Thodoros Stephanopoulos and directed by Christos Sοugaris, continues its summer tour throughout Greece with great success, attracting the interest of theatre lovers after the opening performances in Thessaloniki, which were attended by 6,500 spectators.

On Saturday 29th July at 21.30 it will be presented at the Ancient Theatre of Philippi in Kavala, as part of the 66th Philippi Festival.

The audience will experience a play that is highly topical and prophetic, as Euripides "speaks" about what is still happening today on a global scale.

Director Christos Sougaris, winner of the 2018 'Emerging Theatre Creator' award from the Greek Theatre Critics Association and head of artistic programming at the National Theatre of Northern Greece, presents this year a radical reading of Euripides' masterpiece.

The music of the performance is signed by the internationally acclaimed soloist and composer Stefanos Korkolis, who will play the piano on stage during the performances at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus on the 18th and 19th of August.

Roula Pateraki will play the role of Hecuba.

Starring: Dimitris Piatas, Alexandros Bourdoumis, Maria Diakopanagiotou, Mariza Tsari, Klio Danai Othonaiou, Loukia Vasileiou with an exceptional company of 20 actors.

Antonis Kafetzopoulos in the role of Poseidon.

A few words about the play

Awaiting their departure for Greece, the captive women of Troy mourn the fall of the city. They are joined by Hecuba, who awaits the announcement of her own fate, but is met with a series of misfortunes: Polyxene is killed in Achilles' tomb, and Andromache learns of the Achaeans' decision to kill her young son Astyanax. At the same time, Cassandra foretells the disasters that will befall the Greeks on their return.

The Trojan Women, the only surviving tragedy of Euripides' trilogy on the Trojan War, was taught at the Great Dionysia in 415 BC. The play was written shortly after the destruction of Milos in 416 BC, when the Athenians, with inhuman brutality, killed all the adult men of Milos and sold the women and children as slaves.

Euripides seeks to warn of the consequences of the ruthlessness of the victors and to remind us of the importance of remaining human, away from the illusion of omnipotence created by fleeting victories. In The Trojan Women, the poet emphasises the human dimension of the enemy and, by focusing on the greatness of the women of Troy, he highlights the strength that allows people to persevere even after destruction.