After the fall of Troy to the Greek invading army, the Trojan women weep over their lost city, families, and honor, as they are taken away as Greek slaves.

After ten years, The Trojan War is over. All its men are dead, all its women's fate lie in the hands of their conquerors: a future filled with dread, punishment and humiliation. In a prison, as the women await their fate, they struggle to keep alive their dignity, their humanity and their memories of a civilisation soon to be lost for ever. Two thoughts keep them alive: to see their prince, Astyanax survive to found a new Troy. And to see the punishment by death of the woman they blame for all their suffering Helen.—Phil Hawkins