[461] There is, however, in vv. 45-7 an isolated statement which vaguely contradicts this.
[462] Her remark on hearing the news (v. 665): τοῦδ’ οὐκέθ’ ἡμῖν τοῦ λόγου μέτεστι δή, sets the seal upon her utter feebleness of mind.
[463] vv. 1035-7.
[464] vv. 1049-52 and elsewhere in the last scene.
[465] vv. 1020-5.
[466] Arrangement (according to Croiset): protagonist, Hippolytus; deuteragonist, Aphrodite, Phædra, Theseus (the body of Phædra being represented by a lay-figure); tritagonist, Artemis, servant (who announces the suicide), nurse, messenger.
[467] This additional name (The Crowned H.) was given to distinguish the play from the earlier Ἱππόλυτος Καλυπτόμενος (now lost), or Hippolytus Veiled.
[468] vv. 73-87.
[469] vv. 121-5.
[470] vv. 208-31. Cp. vv. 219-21 with vv. 1375 sq.