Láodamía - Laodameia

Seeking glory and defying teh Delfic oracle, Prótesílaús, king, of Phylaké wins the race for landing first on the shores of Troy at the beginning of the Trojan war. He pays with his life, as foretold. A years has gone by when Láodamía, his love-lorn wife, discovers the truth. She pleads with the gods who finally grant the return of her husband's ghost - for three hours.

The real essence of Babits's work survives: The macho husband's vain quest for glory, the old father's grief, the widow's destiny-defying passion and the blood-gushing eroticism of the lovemaking scene between widow and her husband's ghost remain as powerful as ever.