 Phaedra (Seneca)

Phaedra is a Roman tragedy with Greek subject of c. 1280 lines of verse written before 54 A.D. by philosopher and dramatist Lucius Annaeus Seneca, which tells the story of Phaedra, wife of King Theseus of Athens, and her consuming lust for her stepson, Hippolytus.Based on Greek Mythology and the tragedy "Hippolytus" by Greek playwright Euripides, Seneca's "Phaedra" is one of several artistic explorations of this tragic story.