Euripides. 1909–14. Hippolytus. Vol. 8, Part 7. The Harvard Classics

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Try first thyself, and after call in God; / For to the worker God himself lends aid.

—Hippolytus. Frag. 435.

Euripides

Harvard Classics, Vol. 8, Part 7

Hippolytus

Euripides

Aphrodite causes Phaedra to fall in love with her stepson, Hippolytus, with tragic consequences—Phaedra commits suicide and Hippolytus is killed by his father, Theseus.

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Bibliographic Record Dramatis Personæ

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Introductory Note: Lines 1–399; Lines 400–799; Lines 800–1199; Lines 1200–1601

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