{"title":"If I Could Turn Back Time: Further Thoughts on Phaedra's Delirium in Euripides' Hippolytus (208–231)","authors":"Arlene L. Allan","doi":"10.1353/clw.2022.0009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:Scholars generally agree that Phaedra's delirious desires to partake in activities associated with Hippolytus serve as an expression of her suppressed desire to \"be with\" her stepson. This study does not dispute this interpretation but rather it seeks to deepen our appreciation of the Phaedra Euripides has created by arguing that, in her delirium, she gives voice to a more involved three-fold desire, one that reveals the complexity of the situation in which a wife may find herself when seeking to fulfil the demands of both Aphrodite and Artemis in the absence of her husband.","PeriodicalId":46369,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL WORLD","volume":"115 1","pages":"261 - 277"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"CLASSICAL WORLD","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/clw.2022.0009","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"CLASSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT:Scholars generally agree that Phaedra's delirious desires to partake in activities associated with Hippolytus serve as an expression of her suppressed desire to "be with" her stepson. This study does not dispute this interpretation but rather it seeks to deepen our appreciation of the Phaedra Euripides has created by arguing that, in her delirium, she gives voice to a more involved three-fold desire, one that reveals the complexity of the situation in which a wife may find herself when seeking to fulfil the demands of both Aphrodite and Artemis in the absence of her husband.
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Classical World (ISSN 0009-8418) is the quarterly journal of The Classical Association of the Atlantic States, published on a seasonal schedule with Fall (September-November), Winter (December-February), Spring (March-May), and Summer (June-August) issues. Begun in 1907 as The Classical Weekly, this peer-reviewed journal publishes contributions on all aspects of Greek and Roman literature, history, and society.