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In Renaissance Florence, merchant Simone finds his wife Bianca with Prince Guido Bardi. After pretending to welcome the visitor, Simone challenges him, disarms and strangles him; Bianca and Simone then reconcile.
In Troezen, Queen Phaedra attempts to seduce her stepson Hippolytus, who rejects her after realizing who she is. She dies by suicide and leaves a note accusing him of rape; when Theseus returns and calls on Poseidon to kill his son, Artemis vindicates Hippolytus, while Aphrodite honors Phaedra’s embrace of desire.
In Renaissance Florence, merchant Simone finds his wife Bianca with Prince Guido Bardi. After pretending to welcome the visitor, Simone challenges him, disarms and strangles him; Bianca and Simone then reconcile.
In Troezen, Queen Phaedra attempts to seduce her stepson Hippolytus, who rejects her after realizing who she is. She dies by suicide and leaves a note accusing him of rape; when Theseus returns and calls on Poseidon to kill his son, Artemis vindicates Hippolytus, while Aphrodite honors Phaedra’s embrace of desire.