Seneca, PHAEDRA. Note the many and considerable differences between the play of
Euripides and that of Seneca, especially the absence of Artemis and Aphrodite, the
inversion of the order of the death of Hippolytus (line ) and that of Phaedra (line
1208). This makes possible the confrontation between husband and wife which fills
Act V.
Section:
Characters:
PROLOGOS Hippolytus (and Companions)
ACT I
CHORUS I
ACT II
85-297
CHORUS of CITIZENS OF ATHENS
298-354
Nurse, Phaedra, Hippolytus
355-736
737-827
Nurse, Phaedra, THESEUS
CHORUS III
ACT IV
828-962
963-988
MESSENGER, Theseus
CHORUS
ACT V
1-84
PHAEDRA and the NURSE
CHORUS II
ACT III
Lines:
989-1027
1028-1154
THESEUS and PHAEDRA, with the
CHORUS
1155-1280