Polyxena
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Sep 8, 2026
Jason in CanadaNARRATOR
This recording is in the public domain.
SonyaNARRATOR
The Sacrifice of Polyxena from Hecuba by Euripides.
SonyaNARRATOR
Translated from the Greek by John Addington Symonds.
SonyaNARRATOR
From The World's Best Poetry, Volume IX, Tragedy and Humor, Part One.
SonyaNARRATOR
Read for LibriVox.org by Sonia as the narrator Phone as Polyxena
Craig FranklinNARRATOR
Craig Franklin as Talthybius
Thomas PeterNARRATOR
Thomas Peter as Achilles' Son
Lian YaoVOICE_ACTOR
And Lian Yau as the Argive Host.
CamHOST
Now in this scene, in his first interaction with Hecuba, Talthybius delivers some really grim news.
CamHOST
He tells Hecuba that Hecuba's daughter, Cassandra, has been claimed by Agamemnon, that her daughter, Polixena, has been assigned, let's say, to the tomb of the dead Achilles in some way that remains, at least for the time being, vague and unclear.
CamHOST
And finally, Hecuba's daughter-in-law, Andromache, wife of Hector, has been assigned to Neoptolemus, the son of Achilles and the protagonist, interestingly enough, of the play we talked about last time.
CamHOST
And Talthybius ends this conversation by announcing that Hecuba herself has fallen to Odysseus.
21 MINS LATER
CamHOST
news?
EmilyHOST
So the point that Talthybius starts from is up for debate, and the Greek is ambiguous, and again, I sit on different sides of this.
CamHOST
But part of the reason I interpret it the way I do is because, you know, you then watch Talthybius deliver the news about Polyxena to Hecuba, And again, Polixena has been murdered.
CamHOST
She's been sacrificed by Neoptolemus to the ghost of Achilles.
James UdomVOICE_ACTOR
I have strong reasons.
Lisa VolpeVOICE_ACTOR
It is well known, Achilles, that you're in love [laughs] with, uh, one of Priam's daughters, Polyxena.
James UdomVOICE_ACTOR
What? Known?
Lisa VolpeVOICE_ACTOR
Why are you surprised? All the interactions you have had with Troy are as fully ours as they are yours, my lord.
James UdomVOICE_ACTOR
Oh.
Lisa VolpeVOICE_ACTOR
It would be far more fitting for Achilles to throw down Hector than Polyxena, and it will deeply grieve your son at home when fame in our islands blows her horn, and all the Grecian girls sing, trippingly, "Great Hector's sister did Achilles win." [laughs] But it took great valiant Ajax to beat down him.
Lisa VolpeVOICE_ACTOR
Farewell, my lord.
Lisa VolpeVOICE_ACTOR
I speak as your true friend.
Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Resotome purchased another, wherein Echo was drawn to the life.
Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Pantagruel caused to be bought by Gymnaste the life and deeds of Achilles in seventy-eight pieces of tapestry, four fathom long and three fathom broad, all of Phrygian silk, embossed with gold and silver, the work beginning at the nuptials of Peleus and Thetis, continuing to the birth of Achilles, his youth described by Statius Papinius, his warlike achievements celebrated by Homer, his death and obsequies written by Ovid and Quintus Caliber, and ending at the appearance of his ghost and Polyxena's sacrifice rehearsed by Euripides.
Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
He also caused to be bought three fine young unicorns, one of them a male of a chestnut color and two gray dappled females, also a tarant whom he bought of a Scythian of the Gallonis country.
Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
A tarant is an animal as big as a bullock, having a head like a stag or a little bigger, two stately horns with large branches, cloven feet, hair long like that of a furred Muscovite, I mean a bear, and a skin almost as hard as steel armor.
Alan MatchstoneVOICE_ACTOR
lady i imagine that you are acquainted with the decree of the army and the vote which has prevailed Nevertheless, I will declare it.
Alan MatchstoneVOICE_ACTOR
It has been decreed by the Greeks to offer on the lofty mound of Achilles' tomb thy daughter Polyxena.
Alan MatchstoneVOICE_ACTOR
But they order me to conduct and convey the damsel.
Alan MatchstoneVOICE_ACTOR
But the son of Achilles is appointed to be the priest, and to preside over the rites.
Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Rhizotome purchased another, wherein Echo was drawn to the life.
Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Pantagruel caused to be bought by Gymnaste the life and deeds of Achilles in seventy-eight pieces of tapestry, four fathom long and three fathom broad, all of Phrygian silk, embossed with gold and silver, the work beginning at the nuptials of Peleus and Thetis, continuing to the birth of Achilles, his youth described by Statius Papinius, his warlike achievements celebrated by Homer, his death and obsequies written by Ovid and Quintus Caliber, and ending at the appearance of his ghost and Polyxena's sacrifice rehearsed by Euripides.
Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
He also caused to be bought three fine young unicorns, one of them a male of a chestnut color and two gray dappled females, also a tarant whom he bought of a Scythian of the Colonus country.
Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
A tarant is an animal as big as a bullock, having a head like a stag or a little bigger, two stately horns with large branches, cloven feet, hair long like that of a furred Muscovite, I mean a bear, and a skin almost as hard as steel armor.
speaker_4NARRATOR
Achilles, said the king of Ithaca, is worthy to be honored by us, for he died gloriously for Hellas.
speaker_4NARRATOR
He demands that the daughter of Priam, the virgin Polyxena, should be immolated at his tomb.
speaker_4NARRATOR
Greeks, appease the manes of the hero, and let the son of Peleus rejoice in Hades.
speaker_4NARRATOR
But the king of kings replied, Spare the Trojan virgins we have torn from the altars.
speaker_4NARRATOR
Sufficient misfortunes have already fallen on the illustrious race of Priam.
speaker_4NARRATOR
He spoke thus because he shared the couch of the sister of Polyxena, and the wise Ulysses reproached him for preferring the couch of Cassandra to the lance of Achilles.
speaker_4NARRATOR
The Greeks showed they shared the opinion of Ulysses by loudly clashing their weapons.
speaker_4NARRATOR
The death of Polyxena was resolved on, and the appeased shade of Achilles vanished.
Ruth GoldingVOICE_ACTOR
What of that other child ye reft from me but now?
Morgan GoldfrenchVOICE_ACTOR
Polyxena, or what child meanest thou?
Ruth GoldingVOICE_ACTOR
The same, what man now hath her, or what doom?
Morgan GoldfrenchVOICE_ACTOR
She rests apart to watch Achilles' tomb.
Agnes Robert BaerVOICE_ACTOR
Now free from fear our Trojan youth crowd round to touch the sacred corpse.
Agnes Robert BaerVOICE_ACTOR
With joyous hands Astyanax here leads his youthful playmates on, while midst the maidens gaily comes the maid Polyxena, foredoom'd to bleed upon Achilles' tomb.
Agnes Robert BaerVOICE_ACTOR
Mothers in festal garments bring their votive offerings to the gods, and sires press gaily round the shrines.
Agnes Robert BaerVOICE_ACTOR
Throughout the town all faces tell one tale of joy.
Kelly TaylorNARRATOR
Pyrrhus has slain Polites, one of the sons of Hecuba, and bears away her youngest sister.
Kelly TaylorNARRATOR
Polyxena, to immolate her upon the tomb of Achilles.
Kelly TaylorNARRATOR
The majestic masterpiece won almost instantaneous recognition from the ablest judges.
Kelly TaylorNARRATOR
Crowds flocked to the studio, whose doors until then had so seldom unclosed to admit the stranger.
Kelly TaylorNARRATOR
This is the story.
Kelly TaylorNARRATOR
Achilles, having slain Troilus, one of the beloved sons of Priam and Hecuba, the mother becomes frantic with grief and determines to revenge herself by means of stratagem.
Kelly TaylorNARRATOR
She makes known to Paris that Achilles has solicited the hand of her daughter, Polyxena, and that they are to be united in the temple of Apollo, and plans with Paris the capture and death of the invincible hero.
Kelly TaylorNARRATOR
Paris chooses the bravest of his Phrygian soldiers and consults with them in the temple.
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