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21 Cards in this Set
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Hippolyte confesses to Theramène his love for |
the Athenian princess, Aricie |
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Phèdre confesses to OEnone her |
incestuous passion, for her stepson Hippolyte |
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News of Thesée's death |
reaches Troezen, after he has been absent from the royal court for 6 months |
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Hippolyte reveals his love to |
Aricie, as well as his desire to perhaps reign with her |
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Phèdre wants Hippolyte |
to be King, so reveals her love for him |
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Rumours begin to circulate that |
Thesée is still alive |
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Theramène announces that Phèdre's |
biological son has received the crown |
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News that Thesée has |
escaped from the underworld and returned to Troezen |
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Phèdre is scared that |
Hippolyte has told her secret to Thesée, so she lets OEnone formulate a plan/lie to protect her honour |
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OEnone tells Thesée that |
Hippolyte tried to rape Phèdre |
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When Thesée hears the false accusation |
he banishes Hippolyte and curses him to the wrath of Neptune, God of the Sea |
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Hippolyte explains that he actually |
loves Aricie, not Phèdre |
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Phèdre was ready to confess |
until she heard news of Hippolyte's requited love for Aricie |
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Phèdre condemns OEnone for |
her guilt, shame and sense of sin |
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OEnone throws herself |
into the ocean and dies |
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Hippolyte is attacked by |
a monster (half bull, half dragon) |
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Hippolyte's horses then |
drag him to his death |
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Aricie arrived |
just in time to mourn her lover's death |
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Just before his death, Hippolyte |
declared his innocence and requested that Thesée treat Aricie kindly |
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Phèdre finally confesses that |
Hippolyte was innocent, and then poisons herself |
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Thesée agrees to honour his |
son's dying wish and adopts Aricie as his heir |
