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Hippolyta
A queen of Amazons, wife of Theseus
Lemnos
An island where Philoctetes was left
Why did Ajax hate Odysseus?
He got an armor of Achilles
What is wearing Theseus at his arrival to Troizen?
A garland of a laurel tree
Say what you like of me—pile up the insults,
the worst there are. That won’t injure me.
But if you don’t go through with what I say,
you’ll hurt the Argives, every one of them.
Odysseus speaks to Neoptolemus
Peirithous
Friend of Theseus
Troezen
Kingdom of Pitheus
Why did Neoptolemus agree to follow Odysseus?
He wanted to become glorious as his father
What did Artemis promise Hippolytus?
He will be worshiped as a deity.
I’m glad to see you’re still alive, breathing
without that pain. What I was expecting
was something else—in your endless suffering
your symptoms made you look as if you’d died.
Neoptolemus speaks to Philoctetes
Neoptolemus
A son of Achilles
Meliboea
A homeland of Philoctetes
Who did make peace between Odysseus and Philoctetes?
Heracles
Who and why defends Odysseus from Philoctetes' arrows?
Neoptolemus. Killing Odysseus was against his morals.
You poor lady, how do I find the words
that can do justice to your pitiful death?
Like a bird, you have vanished from my hand
and, with a swift leap, flown off to Hades.
Alas! Alas! Such sad, sad pain and sorrow!
This blow comes from the gods and falls on me
for someone’s crime committed long ago
Theseus mourns Phaedra
Pitheus
A king of Troezen, grandfather of Theseus
Delphi
Oracle of Apollo
Why did Artemis accuse Theseus?
He did not check the truth of Phaedra's last letter
How did Hippolytus die?
A sea monster (a bull) frightened his horses and he fall from a chariot.
O sovereign goddess, to you I bring
this garland made of woven flowers
gathered in unspoiled meadowlands,
where shepherds dare not graze their flocks
and harvest sickles are still unknown.
Hippolytus speaks to Artemis
Helenus
A prophet, son of Priam
Crete
A homeland of Phaedra
Why did Poseidon promise Theseus 3 wishes?
He was his father
Why did Phaedra accuse a nurse?
She thinks that by revealing her secret she dishonors Phaedra.
With this man you will reach the Trojan city,
where, first, your savage illness will be cured,
then you’ll be chosen as the finest man
from all the warriors, and with my bow,
will cut short the life of Paris, the man
who is the cause of all this wickedness.
Hercules speaks to Philoctetes