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Hippolytus (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόλυτος, Hippolytos) 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.
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Hippolytus, Phaedra and nurse, antique fresco in Herculaneum. Much of what we know about the mythology and story of Phaedra is from a collection of plays and poems. Many of these earlier sources such as Phaedra, a play by Sophocles, and Hippolytus Veiled, a play by Euripides, have been lost.
Barrett's edition of Euripides' tragedy Hippolytus appeared in 1964 and was recognised as one of the most important works on Greek tragedy. [2] It was a significant advance on its predecessors, being based on collations of ten of the sixteen mediaeval manuscripts, the other six having little independent value.
The story of the Hippolytus–Phaedra relationship is derived from one of several ancient Greek myths revolving around the archetypal Athenian hero, Theseus. The Greek playwright Euripides wrote two versions of the tragedy, the lost Hippolytus Veiled and the extant Hippolytus (428 B.C.E.). [3]
The version presented by Ovid in Metamorphoses, [8] and by Pausanias, relates a story about Hippolytus that differs from the version presented by Euripides. [ 6 ] Hippolytus was resuscitated by Asclepius ; once revived he refused to forgive Theseus, went to Italy, became the king of the Aricians, and named a city after Artemis.
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Euripides (c. 480 – c. 406 BC) is one of the authors of classical Greece who took a particular interest in the condition of women within the Greek world. In a predominantly patriarchal society, he undertook, through his works, to explore and sometimes challenge the injustices faced by women and certain social or moral norms concerning them.