Phaedra : Quotations
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Quotations
Quotes
“A malady feeds and grows within my heart.” (Phaedra)
“Away with thy impure touch from my chaste body.” (Hippolytus)
“I recognize my wretched mother’s fatal curse.” (Phaedra)
“This is the only way, the one sole escape from evil.” (Phaedra)
“Passion forces me to take the worser path.” (Phaedra)
“Whoever at the outset has resisted and routed love, has been safe and conqueror.” (Chorus)
“Away with thy impure touch from my chaste body.” (Hippolytus)
“Fate without order rules the affairs of men.” (Chorus)
“Venus, detesting the offspring of the hated Sun, is avenging through us.” (Phaedra)
“Now fulfill the sad boon, O ruler of the sea! Let Hippolytus see the bright day no more,…” (Theseus)