POLI 1001 : Exam 2 Review Questions
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We alone are responsible for our own sorrows and that we alone have the possibility to redeem our own lives (not the gods or some outside force) Hecuba- is the queen of troy and the wife of king priam during the trojan war, with whom she had 19 children. Polymestor- the thracian king who is responsible for the deaths of poludorus and polyxena who keeps cassandra as a concubine. Hecbua blinded him at the end of the play. Polydorus- hecuba"s son who was killed by polymestor for gold and found washed up on the shore. Polyxena- is hecuba"s daughter who was sacrificed to achilles. Agamemnon- the greek leader who has cassandra as his concubine and who helped hecuba blind. A nomos is the spirit of the law . She no longer has regard for community and friendship. Natural universe (ethical in nature) that will support human stability.
