Euripides. Hippolytus The Bacchae

Translated by Gilbert Murray. Edited by Philip M. Parker.
Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT, SAT, GRE, LSAT, GMAT, and AP English Test Preparation.PERSONS REPRESENTED
THE GODDESS APHRODITE
THESEUS, King of Athens and Trozen
PHAEDRA, daughter of Minos, King of Crete, wife to Theseus
HIPPOLYTUS, bastard son of Theseus and the Amazon Hippolyte
THE NURSE OF PHAEDRA
A HENCHMAN OF HIPPOLYTUS
THE GODDESS ARTEMIS
AN OLD HUNTSMAN
A CHORUS OF HUNTSMEN
ATTENDANTS ON THE THREE ROYAL PERSONS
A CHORUS OF TROZENIAN WOMEN, WITH THEIR LEADER
The SCENE is laid in Trozen. The play was first acted when Epameinon was
Archon, Olympiad 87, year 4 [B.C. 429]. Euripides was first, Iophon second, Ion
third.