Hecuba, Orestes, and The Phoenician Women

...having been released, she departed to the tents. She took [it upon herself], having no longer seen [any other hope, to form] a plan. Having shared her intention with Agamemnon, she sent for Polymestor together with his children, as if intending to sacrifice? The Greek text here is corrupted; standard summaries of this play suggest Hecuba lures Polymestor by promising to reveal the location of hidden Trojan gold.. When he arrived, she then slaughtered [his children] and deprived him of his eyes. Regarding the other matters, though [Polymestor] spoke against her and accused her, it was judged that she did not [act out of malice] but was rather defending herself against the one who began [the wrongdoing] original: "μύνασθαι τὸν κατάρξαντα" - This refers to the legal and moral argument that Hecuba's revenge was a justified response to Polymestor's betrayal and murder of her son.. †

The characters of the drama:
Ghost of Polydorus. Polydorus was the youngest son of Priam, King of Troy, sent to Thrace for safety but murdered for his gold.
Hecuba. The former Queen of Troy, now a captive of the Greeks.
Chorus of captive Trojan women.
Polyxena. Hecuba’s daughter, who is sacrificed to the ghost of Achilles.
Odysseus; Talthybius. The Greek herald.
Maidservant of Agamemnon.
Agamemnon. The leader of the Greek forces.
Polymestor. The King of Thrace and murderer of Polydorus.
The Ghost of Polydorus delivers the prologue.

† Aeschylus; Sophocles. Theocritus
Hesiod. Pindar. Homer
And [these are] the poets:— † This list appears to be a scribal addition or a standard grouping of "canonical" Greek authors often found in the margins or endpapers of Byzantine manuscripts.