Hippolytus

mother had a child with a beast that was called the Minotaur. Phaedra did not want to repeat her mother’s mistakes. However, by being unfaithful to her husband and by confessing her love and lust for Hippolytus, she revealed herself to be just like her mother. In this speech, the bull stands for Hippolytus; he was born from Phaedra’s love for him just like the Minotaur was born from Phaedra’s mother’s love for a

was a dialogue between Hippolytus and Thésée. It served as a plot device and revealed the prominence of logical thinking in the 17th century. Thésée’s accusation of “d 'inceste et d 'adultère” against Hippolytus triggered him to confess his love for Aricia as a defense. However, it enraged Thésée even more as he perceived it as his son’s atrocious attempt to cover up his “brutale insolence”. This scene helped to transit the play to the ‘falling action’ in which Hippolytus and Thésée unwittingly

and Vergil. However, when he incorporates those same myths, they are taken to a different perspective and tone. Ovid’s tone is more humorous and different than the other authors when it came to how he explained the story of creation, the death of Hippolytus and the prophecy of Rome’s future. In Ovid’s story of creation in Metamorphoses, he is introducing the story from the gods’ perspective by stating, “You Gods, who have yourselves wrought every change, inspire my enterprise and lead my lay in one

a lie and accusing her stepson Hippolytus of accosting her calling him a frightful monster. While in act four Oennoe also accuses Hippolytus of seducing Phaedra while Theseus curses his son for his wrongdoing. Portraying Oneones utter devotion and sincerity to the Queen without a doubt Highlighting that Onenone seeing her life as less important then the queens life, also highlighting that Phaedra the queens life and position was far more important the Hippolytus the prince and

his son Hippolytus placing a hand on her. It causes him to shun Hippolytus and has him ". . . banished from the land" (131) without hearing out his son's plea of truth. It was not until Artemis clears everything up for Theseus. Hippolytus returns and forgives Theseus even though he was badly injured in a chariot accident as he left his father's sight. Artemis tells Theseus it was Aphrodite's fault for causing this situation because Hippolytus infuriates her for not honoring her. Hippolytus ends up

book is focused on the men, rather than the women. Shortly after, the first description of any womanly figure is “bewitching” (Homer 1996: 2), which shows that as the epic progresses, the description of most female adversaries would be negative. In Hippolytus, Aphrodite begins by saying that she “treats well who revere her power” but “trips up those who are proud (averse) to her” (Euripides 2001: 2). This starts the play by painting women as vengeful and emotional. The focus on the men rather than the

This story revolves around the theme of incest with Myrrha being the blame for her unacceptable lust. After reading this story, it gave me a wider range of how “acceptable” is incest is among men vs. women and mortals vs. immortals. Zeus and Oedipus both committed incest and while Oedipus he blinded himself because he cannot live up to what he did, Zeus continued to expand his family tree. Incest between the immortals is more common than with the mortals. Oedipus was sure haunted by his actions,

Nestor, however, by doing so, Telemachus’s free will and abilities become intertwined and dependent on the Gods. Thus, Telemachus’s free will is limited at the hands of a God. In a culturally contrasting nature, Euripides’s Hippolytus follows an extremely pious individual, Hippolytus, whose remote fault to the Gods is that his piety was solely dedicated to a single

relationships as one partner may hold passion for the other but it is not reciprocated as the other has lost interest. “Where are the oaths? Your right hand given in the greatest trust?” (Euripides, Medea, 21-22). Similar to Phaedra lusting over Hippolytus rather than Theseus, Jason has betrayed his wedding vows with Medea for another woman In further comparison to a humanistic dysfunctional relationship, Medea follows up this betrayal with pure rage

Bruce Thornton brings to light all multiple sides of Aphrodite from the various Greek authors of the time. Each author have their own view of Aphrodite but, it remains that sexual attraction is one of the most dangerous forces in the world. As Euripidies puts it, it “pleases and grieves” saying that it can be a joyus or destructive force. Not even the gods are safe from sexual attraction as in the case of Zeus where he is making love with Aphrodite to distract him during the Trojan War. Aphrodite