Euripides works with a common story pattern a young man (Hippolytus) becomes the object of a married woman's (Phaedra's) desire, rebuffs her sexual overtures, and is then falsely accused to the woman's husband (Theseus, Hippolytus' father) of rape. "
Euripides works with a common story pattern a young man (Hippolytus) becomes the object of a married woman's (Phaedra's) desire, rebuffs her sexual ov...