Overview
Character Name
Hippolytus
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
Ancient Athens
Analysis
Hippolytus is the son of Theseus (the king of Athens) and Antiope (queen of the Amazons). When Theseus tired of Antiope, he killed her, and then kidnapped and married Phaedra. This treatment of women has left a strong impression on Hippolytus, who opens the play by running
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