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Euripides: Hippolytus

Euripides: Hippolytus

Mills, Sophie

Paperback

Series: Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy

Literary CriticismPlays

ISBN10: 0715629743
ISBN13: 9780715629741
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Aug 29 2002
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.36 Depth: 8.52
Language: English

Hippolytus is generally acknowledged to be one of Euripides' finest tragedies, for the construction of its plot, its use of language and its memorable characterisations of Phaedra and Hippolytus. Furthermore, it asks serious and disturbing questions about the influence of divinity on human lives. Sophie Mills considers these and many other themes in detail, setting the play in its mythological, cultural and historical contexts. She also includes discussions of major trends in interpretations of the play and of subsequent adaptations of the Hippolytus story, from Seneca to Mary Renault and beyond.

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