Ten years of war between two civilisations: Greeks and Trojans. The love match between Helen and Paris leads to the fall of Troy, burnt to the ground after ten years of war. The Greeks demand the death of Astianax, son of Hector and Andromache. Hecuba is taken prisoner. The story is well known. Between myths, disaffection and rewrites by historians, what interests us in Troianas? What about Seneca? War has never been absent from the world, but in recent years, from Kiev to Palestine, various upheavals and outbreaks have escalated. The love of war, of violence, the lack of gas, the threat of the bomb. The love of the bomb, as Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove would say. War is not astonishment. What interests us is the barbaric, violent gesture and its root. With Seneca, we can once again question the place to which we relegate the Other, that unknown.’