
Hippolytus
by Euripides
Title:
Hippolytus
Author:
Euripides
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
100 pages, Illustrations
Publisher:
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
ISBN-13:
9780941051866
EAN:
9780941051866
Publication Date:
01/01/2001
Classifications:
Plays, playscripts
Weight (g):
304
Dimensions (mm):
141 x 217 x 11
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
This is an English translation of Euripides'' tragedy Hippolytus about how Phaedra unsuccessfully fights her desire for Hippolytus, while he risks his life to keep her passion secret. Focus Classical Library provides close translations with notes and essays. No play of Euripides is more admired than Hippolytus. The tale of a married woman stirred to passion for a younger man was traditional, but Euripides modified this story and blended it with one of divine vengeance to create a masterpiece of tension, pathos, and dramatic power. In this play, Phaedra fights nobly but unsuccessfully against her desire for her stepson Hippolytus, while the young man risks his life to keep her passion secret. Both of them, constrained by the overwhelming force of divine power and human ignorance, choose to die in order to maintain their virtue and their good names.




















