War, mourning, the relationship with death for those who remain, the role of the gods, of fate but above all of men as the engine of History: in this tragedy are present all the themes of Euripides that still speak to us today of the horror of war, of the pain that violence causes. According to director Serena Sinigaglia, it is Adrasto's words that should be listened to most carefully. The defeated king's suggestion is to learn to lose: a revolutionary thought, especially today. Hystrio Twister Prize 2023.