Hippolytus (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Euripides
- First Published: 428
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Setting: Troezen in Argolis
- Principal Characters: Theseus, Hippolytus, Phaedra, Aphrodite, Artemis
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Love or romance, Suicide, Virginity or virgins, Kings, queens, or royalty, Gods or goddesses, Hunting or hunters, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Chastity
- Locales: Athens, ancient, Crete, ancient, Troezen, ancient
The Story:
Aphrodite became angry because Hippolytus, the offspring of an illicit union between Theseus and Hippolyta, alone among the citizens of Troezen refused to do her homage. Instead, the youth, who had been tutored by the holy Pittheus, honored Artemis, goddess of the chase and of spiritual love. Aphrodite, jealous of Artemis and incensed at his neglect of her altars, vowed revenge: She would reveal to Theseus the love his wife, Phaedra, had for her stepson.
Some time before, Hippolytus had gone to the country of Pandion to be initiated into the holy mysteries....
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