DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
Aphrodite (or Kypris), the Queen of Love.
Hippolytus, son of Theseus and Hippolyta Queen of the Amazons.
Phædra, daughter of Minos king of Crete, and wife of Theseus.
Nurse of Phædra.
Theseus, king of Athens and Trœzen.
Artemis, Goddess of Hunting.
Servant of Hippolytus.
Messenger, henchman of Hippolytus.
Chorus, composed of women of Trœzen.
Attendants, huntsmen, and handmaids.
Scene:—Before the palace of Theseus at Trœzen, where Theseus dwelt, being self-exiled for a year from Athens, to expiate the shedding of the blood of kinsmen who had sought to dethrone him.
