id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 1977 Racine, Jean Phaedra .txt text/plain 14126 1751 95 as treated by Euripides, Racine added the love of Hippolytus for THESEUS, son of Aegeus and King of Athens. HIPPOLYTUS, son of Theseus and Antiope, Queen of the Amazons. Phaedra long has fix'd a heart The gods, dear prince, if once your hour is come, Wishing to shut your eyes, Theseus unseals them; Let love and duty urge No longer is it love hid in my heart, I hate my life, and hold my love in horror. For Theseus, while Hippolytus his son And Phaedra, fearing for her son, PHAEDRA, HIPPOLYTUS, OENONE Theseus is gone, 'tis vain to hope that Heav'n Does Theseus' widow dare to love his son? Phaedra--but no; gods, let this dreadful secret THESEUS, HIPPOLYTUS, PHAEDRA, OENONE, THERAMENES My father's sire was king of all the gods; Let Theseus know the truth. Of Heav'n, yea all the gods who know my heart She fear'd Hippolytus, knowing my madness, ./cache/1977.txt ./txt/1977.txt