Many of the memorable figures of Classical Greek tragedy are women. Does this mean that the ancient Greek tragedians especially favoured having a female hero and, if this was the case, why did they? We shall explore this matter by looking at the tragic heroines of various Greek dramas and begin with a detailed study of the women and issues in Euripides' 'The Trojan Women'. The required translation is Euripides III, eds. Grene and Lattimore, 3rd edition, 2013, by Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most. ISBN-13: 978-0-226-30882-1.