If I Could Turn Back Time
Further Thoughts on Phaedra's Delirium in Euripides' Hippolytus (208–231)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9675280 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arlene Allan (corresponding author), Arlene L Allan |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 115 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 261-277 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical World (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8418 • E-ISSN: 1558-9234 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/clw.2022.0009 |
| OpenAlex | W4281251627 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
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
Aesthetics · Art · Delirium · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Literature · Theology · Wife · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |