Phaedra by Seneca all Summary, Characters And Themes (Classics in Translation)
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- Honours 4th Year.
- Subject: Classics in Translation.
- Topics: "Phaedra" by Seneca.
- Summary, Characters And Themes.
Introducing the characters: -
Phaedra:-⍟⍟⍟
Daughter of the Cretan king Minos and his wife, Pasiphäe. She is married to Theseus but in love with his son, Hippolytus.
Hippolytus:-⍟⍟⍟
Son of Theseus and Antiope, queen of the Amazons. He is famous for his chastity. Because he rejects with horror his stepmother's incestuous love, she is responsible for his death.
Theseus:-⍟⍟⍟
King of Athens, companion of Hercules, and famous for his legendary exploits. Falsely convinced of his son's guilt, he asks Neptune to kill Theseus.
Oenone:-⍟⍟⍟
Phaedra's nurse. Her fierce maternal-like love makes her give advice to her mistress which proves disastrous to all concerned.
Panope:- A member of Phaedra's household who plays the part of a messenger.
Theramenes:- Tutor and confidant to Hippolytus.
āĻŦিঃāĻĻ্āϰঃ- ⍟⍟⍟ mark āĻĻেā§া āĻāϰিāϤ্āϰāĻুāϞো āĻāĻāĻু āĻাāϞāĻাāĻŦে āĻĒā§āĻŦেāύ।
āĻŦাংāϞা āϏাāĻŽাāϰীঃ-
āĻĨিāϏিāĻāϏ āĻāĻĨেāύ্āϏেāϰ āϰাāĻা। āϤাঁāϰ āϏ্āϤ্āϰী āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা। āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় āĻাāϰ āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻšāϞ āĻĨিāϏিāĻāϏ āϤাঁāϰ āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻĒেāĻāϰিāĻĨিāĻāϏāĻে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻĒাāϤাāϞে(Hades) āĻিā§েāĻেāύ āϝেāĻাāύ āĻĨেāĻে āϤাঁāϰ āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻĒাāϤাāϞāϰাāĻ āĻĒ্āϞুāĻোāϰ āϏ্āϤ্āϰী āĻĒাāϰāϏিāĻĢোāύিāĻে āĻোāϰ āĻāϰে āĻিāύিāϝ়ে āύিāϤে āĻাāύ। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻ
āύেāĻ āĻĻিāύ āĻ
āϤিāĻŦাāĻšিāϤ āĻšāĻāϝ়াāϤে āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা āĻেāĻŦেāĻেāύ āϝে āϤাঁāϰ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽী āĻāĻŦং āϤাঁāϰ āĻŦāύ্āϧু(āĻĒেāĻāϰিāĻĨিāĻāϏ) āĻĒাāϤাāϞāĻĒুāϰীāϤেāĻ āĻŽাāϰা āĻিāϝ়েāĻে। āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা āĻāϰো āĻাāĻŦেāύ āϝে āĻĨিāϏিāĻāϏ āĻšāϝ়āϤো āϏেāĻাāύে āϤাāϰ āϝৌāύ āϞাāϞāϏা āĻŽেāĻাāύোāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻিāϝ়েāĻেāύ। āĻāĻĻিāĻে āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা āϤাঁāϰ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϰ āĻ
āύুāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤে āĻĒ্āϰāĻāύ্āĻĄ āĻāĻাāĻিāϤ্āĻŦ āĻŦোāϧ āĻāϰāϤেāĻে।
āĻāĻ āĻĒāϰ্āϝাā§ে āϏে āϤাঁāϰ āϏā§āĻĒুāϤ্āϰ āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻĒ্āϰāĻāύ্āĻĄāĻাāĻŦে āĻāĻৃāώ্āĻ āĻšā§ে āĻĒā§ে। āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰাāϰ āύাāϰ্āϏ āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰাāĻে āĻŦোāĻাāύোāϰ āĻ
āύেāĻ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻāϰে āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা āϤাঁāϰ āĻŽোāĻšে āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϤ āĻĒাāϰিāĻŦাāϰিāĻ āĻŦāύ্āϧāύেāϰ āĻāĻĨা āĻুāϞে āϝাā§। āϤāĻāύ āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰাāϰ āύাāϰ্āϏ āĻŦাāϧ্āϝ āĻšā§ে āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏেāϰ āĻাāĻে āϝাā§। āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏ āĻিāϰāĻĻিāύāĻ āύাāϰীāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻāĻĻাāϏীāύ। āϏāĻŦ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āϏে āĻļিāĻাāϰ āĻāϰāϤেāĻ āĻĒāĻāύ্āĻĻ āĻāϰে। āύাāϰ্āϏ āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏāĻে āύাāύাāĻাāĻŦে āĻŦাāĻে āĻāύāϤে āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻāϰে āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏ āϤাঁāϰ āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧি āĻĻিāϝ়ে āύাāϰ্āϏāĻে āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝাāĻ্āϝাāύ āĻāϰে। āϤāĻāύ āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦেāĻļ āĻāϰে। āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা āĻāϏে āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏāĻে āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ āĻāϰে āĻŦāϞে āĻāĻŽি āĻি āĻোāĻĒāύে āϤোāĻŽাāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āĻিāĻু āĻāĻĨা āĻŦāϞāϤে āĻĒাāϰি? āϤāĻāύ āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏ āĻŦāϞে, āĻেāĻ āύেāĻ āϝে āĻāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻāĻĨা āĻļুāύāϤে āĻĒাāĻŦে। āĻāĻĒāύি āύিāϰ্āĻāϝ় āĻŦāϞুāύ।
āϤāĻāύ āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা, āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏেāϰ āĻাāĻে āϤাঁāϰ āĻāĻŦেāĻেāϰ āĻāĻĨা, āϤাঁāϰ āĻাāϞোāĻŦাāϏাāϰ āĻāĻĨা āĻŦāϞāϤে āĻাāĻāϞ। āĻিāύ্āϤু āϏে āĻ
āύুāĻāĻŦ āĻāϰāϞো āĻোāύ āĻāĻ āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻŽাāύ āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤা āϤাāϰ āĻāϞাāϰ āϏ্āĻŦāϰ āĻেāĻĄ়ে āύিāĻ্āĻে। āϤāĻāύ āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏ āĻŦāϞāϞো āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻāĻŽāύ āĻিāĻু āĻŦāϞāϤে āĻাāĻāĻো āϝা āϤোāĻŽাāϰ āĻšৃāĻĻā§ে āĻŦাāϏāύা āĻāϰে āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤুāĻŽি āϤা āĻŽুāĻে āĻāĻ্āĻাāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰāĻো āύা। āĻāĻāĻĨা āĻļোāύাāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা āύিāĻেāϰ āĻāĻŦেāĻāĻে āĻĒ্āϰāĻļāĻŽিāϤ āĻāϰে, āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏāĻে āĻŦāϞāϞো āϏে(āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏ) āϝেāύ āϤাঁāĻে āĻāĻ্āύি(āĻŦোāύ) āĻŦা āĻĻাāϏী āĻŦা āĻāϰ āĻĨেāĻে āύিāĻু āĻোāύ āύাāĻŽে āĻĄাāĻে। āĻļেāώāĻŽেāĻļ āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা, āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏāĻে āĻাāύাāϞো āϏে(āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা) āϤাঁāĻে(āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏāĻে) āĻাāϞোāĻŦাāϏে।
āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻļোāύা āĻŽাāϤ্āϰāĻ āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏ āĻĒ্āϰāĻāύ্āĻĄ āĻ্āώুāĻŦ্āϧ āĻšāϝ়। āϏে āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦāϞ āĻৃāĻŖাāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰেāĻŽāĻে āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝাāĻ্āϝাāύ āĻāϰে। āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা āϤāĻāύ āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏেāϰ āĻাāĻে āϤাঁāϰ āĻĒ্āϰেāĻŽ āĻিāĻ্āώা āĻাā§ āĻāĻŦং āϤাঁāĻে(āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏāĻে) āĻŦাāĻšুāĻĒাāĻļে āĻŽোāĻšিāϤ āĻāϰāϤে āĻাāĻāϞে āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏ āĻŦāϞে āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻাāĻ āĻĨেāĻে āϤুāĻŽি āĻোāύ āĻāϰুāĻŖা āĻĒাāĻŦাāϰ āϝোāĻ্āϝ āύāĻ āĻāĻŦং āϏে āĻāϰো āĻŦāϞে āϝে āϤাঁāϰ(āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏেāϰ) āĻāĻ āύিāώ্āĻāϞāĻ্āĻ āĻĻেāĻš āĻĨেāĻে āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰাāϰ āĻ āĻ
āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ্āϰ āĻšাāϤ āύাāĻŽিāϝ়ে āϰাāĻāϤে। āĻিāĻুāĻ্āώāĻŖ āĻĒāϰ āϏে āϰাāĻāĻĒ্āϰাāϏাāĻĻ āϤ্āϝাāĻ āĻāϰে āĻŦেāϰিāϝ়ে āϝাāϝ় āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĻুāϰ্āĻাāĻ্āϝāĻŦāĻļāϤ āϝাāĻŦাāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ āϤাঁāϰ āĻāĻāĻা āϤāϞোāϝ়াāϰ āϰেāĻে āϝাāϝ় āĻাāϰāĻŖ āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা āϏেāĻা āϏ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻļ āĻāϰেāĻিāϞো। āĻĒ্āϰাāϏাāĻĻ āϤ্āϝাāĻ āĻāϰāϤে āĻāϰāϤে āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏ āĻļুāϧু āϤাāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦাāϰ āύাāĻŽ āϏ্āĻŽāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰে āĻāϰ āϤাঁāϰ āύিāĻেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āϧিāĻ্āĻাāϰ āĻাāύাāϤে āĻĨাāĻে।
āĻিāĻুāĻ্āώāĻŖ āĻĒāϰে āϰাāĻা āĻĨিāϏিāĻāϏ āĻĢিāϰে āĻāϏে āĻĒাāϤাāϞāĻĒুāϰী āĻĨেāĻে। āĻĨিāϏিāĻāϏ āĻāϏে āĻĻেāĻে āϤাঁāϰ āϏ্āϤ্āϰীāϰ āĻŽুāĻŽূāϰ্āώু āĻ
āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা। āϤāĻāύ āϏে āĻিāĻ্āĻেāϏ āĻāϰে āϤাঁāϰ(āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰাāϰ) āĻāĻ āĻāĻšাāĻাāϰিāϰ āĻাāϰāĻŖ āĻি? āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽে āĻŦāϞāϤে āĻ
āϏ্āĻŦীāĻাāϰ āĻāϰে āĻিāύ্āϤু āϝāĻāύ āĻĨিāϏিāĻāϏ āĻেঁāĻিāϝ়ে āĻŦāϞে āϝে āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰাāϰ āύাāϰ্āϏāĻে āĻাāĻŦুāĻ āĻŽাāϰāϞেāĻ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϤ āϏāϤ্āϝ āĻŦেāϰিāϝ়ে āĻāϏāĻŦে। āϤāĻāύ āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা āĻŦāϞে āϤাঁāϰ āϏā§āĻĒুāϤ্āϰ āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏ āϤাঁāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āĻ
āĻļোāĻāύ āĻāĻāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰেāĻে āĻāĻŦং āϤাāϰ āĻļ্āϞীāϞāϤাāĻšাāύি āĻāϰেāĻে। āĻāĻāĻĨা āĻļুāύে āĻĨিāϏিāĻāϏ āĻĒ্āϰāĻāύ্āĻĄ āϰাāĻাāύ্āĻŦিāϤ āĻšāϝ়ে āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏāĻে āĻ
āĻিāĻļাāĻĒ āĻĻেā§ āĻāĻŦং āϤাāϰ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻাāĻŽāύা āĻāϰে। āĻĨিāϏিāĻāϏ āϝেāĻাāĻŦে āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏ āĻāϰ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻাāĻŽāύা āĻāϰে āĻ িāĻ āϏেāĻāĻাāĻŦেāĻ āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏ āĻāϰ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻšāϝ়।
āĻিāĻুāĻ্āώāĻŖ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ āĻŦাāϰ্āϤাāĻŦাāĻšāĻ āĻāϏে āĻĨিāϏিāĻāĻে āĻাāύাāϝ় āϝে āϤাঁāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāĻāĻা āĻļোāĻ āϏংāĻŦাāĻĻ āĻāĻে। āĻĨিāϏিāĻāϏ āĻšেā§াāϞি āĻāϰে āĻŦāϞে āϏে āĻাāύে āϤাঁāϰ āĻĒুāϤ্āϰ āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏেāϰ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻšā§েāĻে। āϏে āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϰ āĻāĻĒাā§ āĻাāύāϤে āĻাāĻāϞে āĻŦাāϰ্āϤাāĻŦাāĻšāĻ āĻŦāϞে āϝে āϏāĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰ āĻĨেāĻে āĻāĻāĻা āώাঁā§ āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏāĻে āϧাāĻāϝ়া āĻāϰে āĻāĻŦং āϏেāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāύ্āĻĄ āώাঁāĻĄ় āĻĻেāĻে āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏ āĻāĻāĻুāĻ āĻā§ āύা āĻĒেā§ে āϏেāĻাāĻে āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϰোāϧ āĻāϰāϤে āĻāĻĻ্āϝāϤ āĻšā§ āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤাঁāϰ āϰāĻĨেāϰ āĻ
āĻļ্āĻŦāĻুāϞো āϏেāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāύ্āĻĄ āώাঁāĻĄ় āĻĻেāĻে āĻā§ āĻĒেā§ে āϰāĻĨ āĻāϞ্āĻো āĻāϰে āĻুāĻে āĻāϞে।
āĻাāϞ āϏাāĻŽāϞাāϤে āύা āĻĒেāϰে āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏ āϰāĻĨেāϰ āϏাāĻĨেāϰ āĻĻā§িāϤে āĻāĻāĻে āϝাā§ āĻāĻŦং āϤাঁāϰ āϰāĻĨেāϰ āĻ
āĻļ্āĻŦāĻুāϞো āϤাঁāĻে āĻাāύāϤে āĻĨাāĻে āϝāϤāĻ্āώāĻŖ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ āύা āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏ āĻāϰ āĻŽাāĻĨাāĻা āĻāĻāĻা āϤীāĻ্āώ্āĻŖ āĻাāĻেāϰ āĻুāĻĄ়িāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻĒিāώে āϝাāϝ়। āĻāĻা āĻļুāύে āĻĨিāϏিāĻāϏেāϰ āĻোāĻে āĻĒাāύি āĻāϞে āĻāϏে āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŦাāϰ্āϤাāĻŦাāĻšāĻ āĻাāύাā§ āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏ āϤাঁāϰ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻাāĻāĻে āĻļোāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ āĻāϰāϤে āύিāώেāϧ āĻāϰে। āĻāĻ āĻŦীāĻā§āϏ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϰ āĻāĻĨা āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা āĻļুāύāϤে āĻĒেā§ে āĻĻৌঁā§ে āϏে āĻĒ্āϰাāϏাāĻĻ āĻĨেāĻে āĻŦেāϰ āĻšā§ে āĻāϏে। āϏে āϤাāϰ āĻুāϞ āĻŦুāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āĻāĻŦং āĻ
āύুāĻļোāĻāύাā§ āĻĻāĻ্āϧ āĻšā§।
āϤāĻāύ āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা āϤাāϰ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽী āĻĨিāϏিāĻāϏেāϰ āĻাāĻে āĻŦāϞে āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏ āύিāϰ্āĻĻোāώ āĻāĻŦং āϏে(āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা) āϤাঁāϰ āĻাāĻŽāύাāϰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āϤাāĻĄ়িāϤ āĻšāϝ়ে āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻāĻ্āϰাāύ্āϤ āĻāϰেāĻে। āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা āĻāϰো āĻŦāϞে āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏ āϤাঁāϰ āĻĒ্āϰেāĻŽ āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝাāĻ্āϝাāύ āĻāϰাāϝ় āϏেāĻ āĻšিāĻĒোāϞিāĻাāϏেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻ
āĻĒāĻŦাāĻĻ āĻĻিāϝ়েāĻিāϞ। āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻ
āύুāĻļোāĻāύাā§ āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰা āύিāĻেāĻ āĻāϤ্āĻŽāĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻāϰে। āĻāϏāĻŦ āĻļুāύে āϰাāĻা āĻĨিāϏিāĻāϏ āϤাāϰ āύিāĻেāϰ āĻুāϞ āĻŦুāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āĻāĻŦং āϰাāώ্āĻ্āϰীāϝ় āĻŽāϰ্āϝাāĻĻাāϝ় āϤাāϰ āĻĒুāϤ্āϰেāϰ āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻš āĻĻাāĻĢāύ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻāĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻেāύ āĻāĻŦং āĻĢিāĻĄ্āϰাāϰ āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻš āϏুāĻāĻ্āĻ āĻĨেāĻে āĻĢেāϞে āĻĻিāϝ়ে āĻŽাāĻি āĻাāĻĒা āĻĻেāĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻāĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻেā§।
English Summary:-
Phaedra is a Roman tragedy about Greek subjects, told in verse by Roman dramatist Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Phaedra is the wife of King Theseus and Hippolytus, the son of King Theseus. The play begins with the lamentation of Phaedra because her husband Theseus, goes on a quest to capture Persephone from the underworld so she is feeling lonely. Her wet-nurse inquires what it is that ails her; Phaedra confesses that she is in love with Hippolytus, and recalls her own mother Pasiphae’s lust for a bull - a lust that gave birth to the infamous Minotaur, which Theseus himself slew.
Phaedra’s elderly nurse tells her that she should contain her passions, because love can be destructive. Hippolytus, however, hates women in general and despises his stepmother. Phaedra considers killing herself, but the nurse promises to help her. When Hippolytus returns from the hunt, the nurse attempts to soften his heart, arguing that he should make use of his good fortune and enjoy fine food, wine, and the company of women. Hippolytus roundly rejects the idea, proclaiming that nature is where man is at his most free and innocent and that womankind is the cause of much evil.
At that moment, Phaedra appears, and swiftly collapses in a swoon. Hippolytus wakes her, then asks why she is so ill at ease. She decides to confess her feelings. Phaedra subtly hints that he should take his father’s place in all ways, as Theseus may never return from the underworld. He agrees to take his father’s place as king, but when she declares her love for him, he is disgusted. He yells out that he is guilty of whatever he did to make his stepmother feel this way. He rails against what he calls her terrible crime and draws a sword to kill her, but realizes that this is what she wants.
He throws away the weapon and runs into the forest. Later, this abandoned sword will serve as evidence against Hippolytus. Phaedra’s nurse hatches a plan to conceal Phaedra’s guilt by accusing Hippolytus of attempting to rape his stepmother. Phaedra calls out to the citizens of Athens, accusing Hippolytus of attacking her sexually. However, at this moment, Theseus suddenly returns from the underworld. Theseus learns from the nurse that Phaedra has fallen into despair and vowed to die, and asks her why.
The nurse says that Phaedra does not want to disclose it. Then, Theseus orders the nurse to be tortured until she reveals his wife's secret, but Phaedra intervenes. She tells him that she has been raped and identifies Hippolytus as her attacker. In a rage, Theseus summons his father Neptune to destroy Hippolytus. After a few moments, a messenger soon appears to tell Theseus that Hippolytus is dead, having been killed by a monstrous bull that came out of the ocean’s depths.
Hippolytus’ chariot spun out of control, he became tangled in the reins, and was dragged through the forest to his death. Theseus breaks down, horrified by what his anger has caused and grieving for his son. Seeing Hippolytus’ mangled corpse, Phaedra confesses the truth to Theseus. She reveals that she falsely accused him, falls on her own sword, and dies. The verse ends with Theseus ordering a proper burial for his son, and for Phaedra to be buried as deep as possible.
