This is an English translation of Euripides' tragedy Hippolytus
about how Phaedra unsuccessfully fights her desire for Hippolytus,
while he risks his life to keep her passion secret. Focus Classical
Library provides close translations with notes and essays.
No play of Euripides is more admired than Hippolytus. The tale
of a married woman stirred to passion for a younger man was
traditional, but Euripides modified this story and blended it with
one of divine vengeance to create a masterpiece of tension, pathos,
and dramatic power. In this play, Phaedra fights nobly but
unsuccessfully against her desire for her stepson Hippolytus, while
the young man risks his life to keep her passion secret. Both of
them, constrained by the overwhelming force of divine power and
human ignorance, choose to die in order to maintain their virtue
and their good names.
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