Phaedra is consumed with passion for Hippolytus, her stepson. Believing her husband dead, she confesses her love to him and is rebuffed. When her husband returns alive, Phaedra convinces him that it was Hippolytus who attempted to seduce her. In his interpretation, Racine replaced the stylized tragedy with human-scale characters and actions. Introduction by Richard Wilbur.

Jean Baptiste Racine was a 17th century French dramatist. Racine along with Moliere and Corneille are considered the Big Three in 17th century drama. Racine is best known for his tragedies, although he did write several comedies. Phaedra is a 5 act tragedy written in Alexandrine verse. In this tale from Greek mythology Thesee Phaedre in the absence of her royal husband declares her love to Hippolyte who is Thesee's son from a previous marriage.

Cette oeuvre fait partie de la serie TREDITION CLASSICS. La maison d'edition tredition, basee a Hambourg, a publie dans la serie TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de deux millenaires. Ils etaient pour la plupart epuises ou unique-ment disponible chez les bouquinistes. La serie est destinee a preserver la litterature et a promouvoir la culture. Avec sa serie TREDITION CLASSICS, tredition a comme but de mettre a disposition des milliers de classiques de la litterature mondiale dans differentes langues et de les diffuser dans le monde entier.