Hippolytus

By Euripides

Book Id: WPLBN0002952664
Format Type:
File Size: 47.48 MB
Reproduction Date: 2012

Title:	Hippolytus
Author:	Euripides
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Dramatic Works, Ancient Texts, Play
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Hippolytus
Historic Publication Date:	1902
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Euripides, B. (1902). Hippolytus. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Eurpides' tragedy tells of Theseus' chaste son Hippolytus, who refuses to worship Aphrodite in favor of Artemis. Aphrodite gets revenge by causing Hippolytus' stepmother Phaedra to fall in love with him, unleashing a chain of tragic events. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Ancient Texts, Play, Classics (antiquity), Tragedy