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In most versions of the Hippolytos myth, Phaidra is depicted as an utterly debauched character, a woman reduced to shamelessness by the power of Aphrodite. In Euripides' Hippolytos, however--informed by the playwright's moral and religious fascination--we find a Phaidra resisting... Read Full Overview

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This useful edition includes Ferguson's introduction to the
history of Greek theatre along with full notes and vocabulary.

Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, including suggestions for discussion and analysis. In addition, numerous... Read Full Overview

Euripides's Hippolytos tells of an honourable youth's tragic death, contrived by his father in the false belief that his son had seduced his new wife. This edition of the play is intended for students and scholars alike. The text is based upon new collations of the medieval manuscripts... Read Full Overview

Euripides works with a common story pattern - a young man (Hippolytus) becomes the object of a married woman's (Phaedra's) desire, rebuffs her sexual overtures, and is then falsely accused to the woman's husband (Theseus, Hippolytus' father) of rape. To this familiar tale Euripides... Read Full Overview

Aphrodite, goddess of love, is offended that Hippolytos, son of King Theseus, has devoted his life not to her worship but to the worship of Artemis and to the hunt. In revenge, Aphrodite makes Queen Phaedra, stepmother of Hippolytos, fall in love with him. Realizing the hopelessness... Read Full Overview

Euripides' Hippolytos tells of an honourable youth's tragic death, contrived by his father in the false belief that his son had seduced his new wife. This edition of the play is intended for students and scholars alike. The text is based upon new collations of the medieval manuscripts... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Hippolytos est une trag die du po te grec Euripide datant de 428 av. J.-C.. Euripide avait d j fait repr senter Ath nes une premi re trag die qui fit scandale, Hippolyte voil , aujourd'hui perdue. Hippolytos est la seconde trag die sur le m me th me.

Hippolytos - Griechisch und Deutsch ist ein unver nderter, hochwertiger Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1891. Hansebooks ist Herausgeber von Literatur zu unterschiedlichen Themengebieten wie Forschung und Wissenschaft, Reisen und Expeditionen, Kochen und Ern hrung,... Read Full Overview

'Hippolytus' is an Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides, based on the myth of Hippolytus, son of Theseus. The play was first produced for the City Dionysia of Athens in 428 BC and won first prize as part of a trilogy. Hippolytus wears as a crown of garlands as a worshipper of Artemis,... Read Full Overview

A tragic drama of desire, honour, and divine retribution, exploring the destructive force of passion when set against rigid virtue.

In Hippolytus, Euripides presents a stark and psychologically complex tragedy centred on the conflict between human restraint... Read Full Overview

In Euripides' drama, Hippolytus angers Aphrodite, the goddess of love, so much by worshiping the hunting goddess Artemis that she makes his Stepmother, Phaedra fall in love with him. Phaedra's aged nurse persuades her to confess her love and then informs Hippolytus, who recoils... Read Full Overview

A tragic drama of desire, honour, and divine retribution, exploring the destructive force of passion when set against rigid virtue.

In Hippolytus, Euripides presents a stark and psychologically complex tragedy centred on the conflict between human restraint... Read Full Overview