num_pages: 55
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: French
title: Phèdre
titlecomplete: Phèdre
characters: Oenone, Théramène, Aricie, Ismène, Phèdre, Panope, Thésée, Hippolyte
genres: 17th Century, Theatre, French Literature, School, Drama, Plays, Literature, Classics, Fiction, France
ratings_count: 20730
publisher: Larousse