Verse tragedy · 1677

Phaedra

by Jean Racine

Translated by Robert Bruce Boswell

At Troezen, Phaedra, wife of the absent Theseus, wastes away with a guilty passion for her stepson Hippolytus. Word comes that Theseus is dead, and she confesses her love; then he returns alive. Her nurse Oenone accuses Hippolytus of the very crime Phaedra herself desired, and Theseus calls down Neptune's curse on his son, who is killed by a sea monster. Phaedra takes poison and admits her guilt before she dies.

Contents · 31 parts

• Characters9 lines
• Act I, Scene 1about 150 lines
• Act I, Scene 212 lines
• Act I, Scene 3about 190 lines
• Act I, Scene 425 lines
• Act I, Scene 532 lines
• Act II, Scene 1about 110 lines
• Act II, Scene 2about 100 lines
• Act II, Scene 320 lines
• Act II, Scene 47 lines
• Act II, Scene 5about 140 lines
• Act II, Scene 627 lines
• Act III, Scene 184 lines
• Act III, Scene 216 lines
• Act III, Scene 396 lines
• Act III, Scene 411 lines
• Act III, Scene 570 lines
• Act III, Scene 614 lines
• Act IV, Scene 136 lines
• Act IV, Scene 2about 120 lines
• Act IV, Scene 312 lines
• Act IV, Scene 431 lines
• Act IV, Scene 523 lines
• Act IV, Scene 6about 120 lines
• Act V, Scene 186 lines
• Act V, Scene 25 lines
• Act V, Scene 339 lines
• Act V, Scene 412 lines
• Act V, Scene 529 lines
• Act V, Scene 6about 110 lines
• Act V, Scene 764 lines

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