On whom as founder doth our house depend,890

I call ye both to witness that I strove

Against his prayers, though sorely tried. To threats

Of death my spirit did not yield; but force

O'ercame my body. This the shameful stain

Upon my honor which my blood must cleanse.

Theseus: Come, tell, who hath defiled our honor so?

Phaedra: Whom thou wouldst least expect.895

Theseus: But who is he?

I wait to hear his name.