About the show Phaedra confesses her desire for her stepson Hippolytus, who rejects her. With her nurse, she falsely accuses him of assault; Theseus condemns his son to die, then learns the truth. Phaedra admits the falsehood and kills herself.
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Alternate titles and translations Hippolytus · Latin Sources: Wikipedia page identity · Wikipedia source revision · Coffey and Mayer Cambridge edition introductionpp4–5
Wikipedia source revision : Wikipedia contributors, Phaedra (Seneca); revision 1379020829. History: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phaedra%20%28Seneca%29&action=history ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ . Synopsis paraphrased during individual-page model review. Catalog year basis: Use 50 est as a representative original-composition point within the conditional late-Claudian dating proposed by Coffey and Mayer's Cambridge edition, introduction, pages 4–5. Their metrical chronology places Phaedra early in Seneca's sequence and conditionally in Claudius's later reign, before or around 54 CE. The 1474 Renaissance performance is reception history, not the ancient work's creation date.
Coffey and Mayer Cambridge edition introductionpp4–5 : Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics Phaedra,ISBN9780521337137; image-only pages4–5 visually read. Conditional metrical chronology places Phaedra early in sequence and in late Claudian years.