Looking at Hippolytus

Written at a time of great social upheaval, Hippolytus is one of the most studied plays in Greek drama. This volume examines how Euripides responded to contemporary ideas and events, and how his audience may have reacted to his play. As well as considering the play's relationship with earlier lost tragedies and discussing many of its characters and central themes including its relationship with religion and evolving medical theories, this volume considers how Hippolytus may have been staged...