The Suppliants

About the show

The Danaid sisters flee forced marriages to their Egyptian cousins and seek refuge at a sanctuary in Argos. King Pelasgus fears both offending Zeus by rejecting them and provoking war by protecting them, so he puts the question to the people, who vote to shelter them. An Egyptian herald arrives to reclaim the women, but Pelasgus drives him away and the Danaids end the play safely inside Argos.