Assignment

Theseus, king of Athens, has disappeared during one of his expeditions. Hippolytus says Theramenes of its intention to find his father. But this is not real reason you want to leave Troezen, where court has been in residence for some time. Neither desire to avoid persecution of his stepmother, Phaedra. His only motive is to escape charms of Aricia, only survivor of royal family that ruled before Athens. He is in love with her, and her father has forbidden marrying.

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