Seneca’s Phaedra: Mother Lust

Episode 42: This episode takes a detailed look at Phaedra, Seneca's version of the Hippolytus myth. The two versions by Euripides and how Seneca used these A summary of the play The differences in Seneca's version from Euripides - The position of Phaedra as innocent or responsible Greek shame Vs Roman guilt and repentance Phaedra and the Roman bas step-mother trope The play in relation to Stoic philosophy The motif of the hunt, the hunter and the hunted Presentations of the play in the medieval period This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy