Phaedra

Jean Racine's 1677 French classical tragedy, translated into English verse, retells the Greek myth of Phaedra, whose forbidden passion for her stepson Hippolytus is revealed as her husband Theseus is feared lost.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic plays›French plays›Farce and the classical age, to 1715

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