Prologue

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Aphrodite announces her plan to destroy Hippolytus for his impiety towards her, by making his stepmother Phaedra fall in love with him

Hippolytus and demi-chorus of huntsman enter, singing to Artemis. A servant/retainer warns Hippolytus to respect Aphrodite as well.

Phaedra near death, refusing to eat, with a few outbursts of seeming madness. Nurse forces her to admit she loves Hippolytus

Phaedra laments to the chorus her situation and her struggle to remain virtuous. Nurse tries to allay her fears, and promises she has a remedy.

Phaedra overhears Hippolytus' screams of horror when the Nurse tells him. She hides. Hippolytus responds to the Nurse by denouncing women in general.Phaedra  comes out and attacks Nurse. Alone, she plans her revenge.

Theseus returns, to find his wife dead. Reading her note accusing Hippolytus of rape, he curses his son.Hippolytus arrives and does little to sooth his father's anger. Theseus banishes him.

Messenger describes the giant bull that panics Hippolytus's horses. Theseus exults that Poseidon's curses work, proving his divine paternity.

Artemis reveals the truth to Theseus and denounces him. The dying Hippolytus is carried on stage. Theseus asks forgiveness, and Aphrodite orders the two to reconcile, announcing a cult for Hippolytus and revenge on Aphrodite

Parodos

interlude

Stasimon 1

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Stasimon 3

Stasimon 4

Exodos

I have heard of Phaedra's illness. What is wrong?

What a catastrophe!

Eros is sweet and bitter.

If only I could escape... Phaedra's trip from Crete has turned disastrous

Two demichoruses, one huntsman, one female, lament Hippolytus' departure

Destructive Aprhodite, who rules all

Common pain for the city. The great ones suffer the most.