CLASSICS 2B03 Lecture 16: SEPTEMBER 30 .docx
3 Dec 2014
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Aphrodite vs. artemis: euripides"s hippolytus september 30th. Born on salamis? (near athens: 485-80 bce d. macedon in 406. Committed dramatist, intellectual, lawyer: rhetoric and logic. Exposition of aphrodite: theme and mood aphrodite"s vengeance. Pfhaedra kills herself; accuses hippolytus of rape. Artemis arrives, informs them of aphrodite"s scheme. Phaedra daughter of minos and phasipha of crete. Traditional theme in ancient storytelling: sister of ariadne. Great hero (son of aegeus, poseidon, and aethra) Associated with athens and troezen (near argos) Antiope: sister of hippolyte (queen of the amazons, betrays amazons and joins theseus, or theseus kidnaps antiope, Later marries phaedra: has legitimate children with her. Euripides" second crack at it (rare in drama) Addition of divine activity (aphrodite and artemis) Increasing complexity of characters and their motivations: phaedra more sympathetic, hippolytus not merely a victim. In praise of artemis: all hail the most beautiful artemis, lovelier far than all the daughters of.
