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The Hecuba Statue, a bronze sculpture located in the Central Piazza of USC Village at the University of Southern California. The statue honors Hecuba, the queen of Troy who was married to King Priam during the Trojan War.

Designed to serve as a female counterpart to the iconic Tommy Trojan statue, the Hecuba Statue symbolizes gender equality at USC and represents the diverse community of USC students, faculty, and alumni.

History
The statue was designed by Christopher Slatoff, who also created the statue of Judge Robert Maclay Widney, the university’s founder, that stands at Widney Alumni House on the south side of campus.

The statue was unveiled on August 17th, 2017 at the grand opening of USC Village, a Gothic Revival style mixed-use expansion of the USC campus.

Features and Symbolism
Hecuba herself stands 12 feet tall, rising atop a pedestal that measures 9 feet tall, Hecuba is depicted extending her arm in an appeal to the USC community. The entire silica bronze sculpture weighs nearly 2 tons.

The statue's base features six female figures, each representing a different academic discipline and embodying the ethnic diversity of USC. They are joined together by a "ribbon of thought," signifying the interconnectedness of ideas and the continuous pursuit of learning.

The base features two quotations from literature about Hecuba. A quotation from Hamlet appears as an inscription on the pedestal, alongside a pair of lines from Euripides’ Hecuba. The two excerpts from Euripides appear in Greek.