Phaedra: I clearly see the destiny of my house:

We follow ever what we should avoid.

But I have given over self-control;

I'll follow thee through fire, through raging sea,700

O'er ragged cliffs, through roaring torrents wild—

Wherever thou dost go, in mad pursuit

I shall be borne. Again, O haughty one,

I fall in suppliance and embrace thy knees.

Hippolytus: Away from my chaste body with thy touch

Impure! What more? She falls upon my breast!705