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Ainsi que la vertu, le crime a ses degrês (As virtue has its degrees, so has vice).

—Phædra. act iv. sc. 2.

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Racine

Harvard Classics, Vol. 26, Part 3

Phædra

Jean Racine

Recreating the spirit of classical antiquity, Racine draws upon Euripides’s tragedy of Hippolytus. Phædra falls in love with her stepson, Hippolytus, with tragic consequences. In Racine’s version, after being accused of rape and rejected by his father, Hippolytus is killed by a sea-monster. Phædra then commits suicide.

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TRANSLATED BY ROBERT BRUCE BOSWELL

NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001

Introductory Note
Act I: Scene I; Scene II; Scene III; Scene IV; Scene V
Act II: Scene I; Scene II; Scene III; Scene IV; Scene V; Scene VI
Act III: Scene I; Scene II; Scene III; Scene IV; Scene V; Scene VI
Act IV: Scene I; Scene II; Scene III; Scene IV; Scene V; Scene VI
Act V: Scene I; Scene II; Scene III; Scene IV; Scene V; Scene VI; Scene VII

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