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  2. Hippolytus (play) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Category:Plays by Euripides - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Herakles (Euripides) Hippolytus (play) Hippolytus Veiled; Hypsipyle (play) ...

  4. Hippolytus - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikisource; ... Hippolytus, a tragedy by Euripides; Phaedra, sometimes known as Hippolytus, play ...

  5. Phaedra (Seneca) - Wikipedia

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    While historians believe that Phaedra was heavily influenced by Euripides' Hippolytus, there are several differences in plot and tone. [5] Literary scholar Albert S. Gérard states that, unlike the Phaedra of Hippolytus , Seneca's Phaedra is a thoughtful and intelligent character that acknowledges the improper and amoral nature of her feelings ...

  6. Hippolyte, tragédie tournée de Sénèque - Wikipedia

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    Act 4: a messenger tells Theseus that Hippolytus was torn to pieces by his own horses, and Neptune sends a sea monster, to the prayer of Theseus (1). The chorus gives an account of the fickleness of the great fortunes and perils which they face, recommends the safety of small and deplores the death of Hippolytus.

  7. Women in Euripides - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. Because they weren't published in print until the tail end of the 16th century, the origins of the fairy tales we know today are misty. That identical motifs — a spinner's wheel, a looming tower, a seductive enchantress — cropped up in Italy, France, Germany, Asia and the pre-Colonial Americas allowed warring theories to spawn.

  9. Phaedra (mythology) - Wikipedia

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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.