Сънуваща вълци... (Към Euripides, Hecuba, 90-91)
Dreaming... with Wolves (Euripid, Hekuba, 68-97)

Summary/Abstract: The paper proposes a new analysis and interpretation of Hecuba’s dream in Euripides’ tragedy Hecabe (Euripid, Hecabe, 68-97), produced in 425 BC. The play begins with an introduction from the ghost of dead Polydorus -- Priam and Hecabe's youngest son who was sent away with treasures to stay with a family friend, Polymestor, in Thrace for safekeeping. The motiv of the dream is an integral part of the Polydorus monologue in the prologos (1-58); it is embedded in a specific man-ner throughout the entire (whole) tragic developments. The analysis proposes a new interpretation of Hecabe’s dream vision in a purely Dionysian context. It finds exact matches in vase painting plots and allows identification of the vision images with specific Dionysian characters and Dionysian ritual situations.

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