num_pages: 180
description: An adaptation by the Poet Laureate of Racine's play of the same name. Phedre burns with passion for Hippolytus, her stepson. His father, Theseus, is made to believe that it is Hippolytus who is lusting after Phedre, and begs Neptune to kill his son, which he does before discovering the truth.
language: English
title: Phedre
titlecomplete: Phedre
characters: Hippolyte, Oenone, Ismène, Thésée, Phèdre, Aricie, Théramène, Panope
genres: Fiction, Plays, France, Theatre, French Literature, Drama, 17th Century, School, Literature, Classics
ratings_count: 20731
publisher: E. P. Dutton