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What character represents passion in phaedra?
Phaedra's stepson Hippolytus.
What was phaedra's fault in mythology?
The death of Hippolytus.
Who doe phaedra say is responsible for her love to hippolytus?
Aphrodite.
How does the story of Hippolytus Thesues' son and Phaedra bring the end of Theseus?
Lycomedes of the island of Skyros threw Theseus off a cliff after he had lost popularity in Athens. (due to what happened with Phaedra and Hippolytus)
Who fell in ove with Hippolytus?
Phaedra, his stepmother, the second wife of Theseus.
Why is phaedra a tragedy?
Phaedra killed herself and accused Hippolytus of rape and Theseus banished and cursed him and he died leaving in a chariot.
Did Phaèdra confess to wanting her children out of the way so hippolytus can have the throne?
No; Phaedra wanted Hippolytus to love her, and he rejected her and her revenge was to kill herself and write a letter saying that Hippolytus had raped her.
What are Phaedra's main points in his speech in the story Hippolytus?
ThatPhaedra loves Hippolytus and so must starve herself to death and die with her honor (and not act on her love).
Why did Phaedra commit suicide?
The main reason given is that she killed herself, because she had fallen in love with Hippolytus, but he rejected her. She told Theseus (Hippolytus' father) that Hippolytus had raped her, and he gets cursed by Theseus, ultimately dying at his hand. Phaedra then kills herself in grief, not intending him to have been killed. Another version states that she does not kill herself (hence doesn't die in the myth) but instead Hippolytus is killed by Dionysus.
How does hippolytus die?
In Greek mythology, Hippolytus is killed when his stepmother, Phaedra, falsely accuses him of attempting to seduce her and prompts his father, Theseus, to curse him. As Hippolytus flees in shame, he is thrown from his chariot and dragged to his death by the horses.
What power Phaedra had?
As the wife of Theseus she accused his son of raping her and after her own suicde was the cause of Hippolytus's death.
What has the author Hans Schmitz written?
Hans Schmitz has written: 'Die Bearbeitung der Phaedra-Hippolytus-Sage' -- subject(s): Dramatists, French, French Dramatists, French drama, Hippolytus (Greek mythology) in literature, History and criticism, Phaedra (Greek mythology) in literature
