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Hippolytus by Euripides is set before the palace of Theseus in Troezen and opens with a speech from Aphrodite, who explains that Hippolytus has angered her by rejecting erotic love in favor of honoring Artemis. To punish him, she causes his stepmother Phaedra to fall in love with him, resulting in tragic consequences. Phaedra admits her feelings to her Nurse, and the ensuing events lead to dishonor, accusations, and deaths. References to violence, sexual violence, and death by suicide are present.