A recent translation by Ted Hughes used free verse to render its rhymed Alexandrine couplets.  Among the changes its author made from the classical text on which it was based was the title character's desire to put her own son on the throne and the addition of Aricie, a captive princess, whom the male lead, earlier strictly a devotee of Artemis, falls in love with.  The nu
A recent translation by Ted Hughes used free verse to render its rhymed Alexandrine couplets.  Among the changes its author made from the classical text on which it was based was the title character's desire to put her own son on the throne and the addition of Aricie, a captive princess, whom the male lead, earlier strictly a devotee of Artemis, falls in love with.  The nurse Oenone plays the pivotal role, falsely telling King Theseus that his son has seduced his wife. FTP name this tragedy, based on a Euripides play, in which Hippolyte shuns the love-struck title character, written by Racine.
A recent translation by Ted Hughes used free verse to render its rhymed Alexandrine couplets.  
Phedre