[451] vv. 869 _sqq._ [452] vv. 910 _sqq._ [453] Down to v. 847 his story contains nothing superhuman. Then “up to this point I saw with mine own eyes; the rest of my tale depends on hearsay,” τἀπὸ τοῦδ’ ἤδη κλύων λέγοιμ’ ἂν ἄλλων, δεῦρο δ’ αὐτὸς εἰσιδών· And when he mentions the identification of the miraculous lights with Hebe and Heracles, he attributes the theory to οἱ σοφώτεροι, “cleverer heads than mine,” as we may translate it. [454] The oracle has demanded the daughter of “a well-born father,” and she of course mentions her own qualification in this respect, without proceeding to dilate (as one would think inevitable in Euripides—or anyone else) on the quite unrivalled “nobility” of her father. [455] vv. 513, 563. [456] _Hercules Furens_, vv. 151-64. [457] vv. 997-9; v. 990, referring to the hostility of Hera, is too vague to stand as a warrant for the divine birth of Heracles. [458] vv. 240 _sq._ [459] It has been thought that vv. 819-22 indicate the sacrifice of the maiden. They describe the soothsayers’ offering just before the battle: ἀφίεσαν λαιμῶν βροτείων εὐθὺς οὔριον φόνον. If βροτείων is right (though βοτείων, “of sheep,” is a tempting alteration) the reference to the girl’s heroism is brutally curt. [460] vv. 597 _sqq._ [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._ [471] vv. 732-51. [472] vv. 828-9. [473] vv. 1423-30. [474] vv. 616-68. He seems to begin listening to the sound of his own voice at v. 654. [475] vv. 728-31. [476] vv. 831-3. Hippolytus agrees, vv. 1379-83. [477] vv. 967-9, where note the emphatic ἐγώ. And the word νόθος is frequent in the play; see especially Hippolytus’ exclamation in vv. 1082-3, which, by a finely dramatic stroke, immediately turns Theseus’ anger to hot fury. [478] vv. 337-41. [479] Professor Murray. [480] vv. 29-33. [481] Cp. vv. 490 _sq._ [482] vv. 191-7 (Professor Murray’s translation). [483] vv. 439-61. [484] Cp. vv. 474 _sq._:— λῆξον δ’ ὑβρίζουσ’· οὐ γὰρ ἄλλο πλὴν ὕβρις τάδ’ ἐστί, κρείσσω δαιμόνων εἶναι θέλειν. [485] vv. 493-6. [486] vv. 507 _sq._ [487] vv. 1034 _sq._