Hippolytus
Ἱππόλυτος
A classic of antiquity. First published 427 BC, written in Ancient Greek
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. The text is extant.
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Where it is set
Its heirs
Later works that draw on Hippolytus.
PhèdreGreat book
Jean Racine, AD 1677
Racine retells Euripides' tragedy of a queen who falls in love with her stepson, but moves its centre: in Phèdre it is Phaedra, not Hippolytus, who carries the play, torn between passion and shame.
Source: Wikidata
Wikidata lists Phèdre as a derivative work of Hippolytus. Read it there
The author’s life
- Pella
Died here, Greece
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