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Hippolytus and The Bacchae

Hippolytus and The Bacchae

Euripides

Paperback

Literary Fiction

ISBN10: 1532999917
ISBN13: 9781532999918
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Apr 28 2016
Pages: 106
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
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. Euripides first treated the myth in a previous play, Hippolytos Kalyptomenos, which is now lost; what is known of it is based on echoes found in other ancient writings. The earlier play, and the one that has survived are both titled Hippolytus, but in order to distinguish the two they have traditionally been given the names, Hippolytus Kalyptomenos (Hippolytus veiled) and Hippolytus Stephanophoros (Hippolytus the wreath bearer). It is thought that the contents to the missing Hippolytos Kalyptomenos portrayed a shamelessly lustful Phaedra who directly propositioned Hippolytus, which apparently offended the play's audience. Euripides revisits the myth in Hippolytos Stephanophoros - Hippolytus who wears a crown), its title refers to the crown of garlands Hippolytus wears as a worshipper of Artemis. In this version Phaedra fights against her own sexual desires, which have been incited by Aphrodite.

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