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In Euripides* Blppolrtue* approximately- two thirds of
the characters serve as messengers, mot counting two god-
desses and a wax tablet which bridge® the world of the liv-
ing and the dead* It also has a chorus*
*Phe lying wax tablet left by Phaedra is cataclysmic.
It unjustly and Irrevocably Implicates Hippolytua In the
Grime which results in the downfall of everybody of Impor-
tance* Equally crucial is the actl cm of Phaedra1s nurse In
telling Hippolytua of Phaedra's secret, which revelation
precedes Phaedra1® suicide*
The goddess Aphrodite furnishes expository facts by
ranting on Hippolytus* seorn for her, and she initiates
action by plotting to ruin him.51 Through a deus ex machine
appearance Arte®is performs the duty of revealing true iden-
tity, thus exonerating Hippolytua and showing Theseus the
bottom of tragi* despair.
the chorus discovers the suicide of Phaedra and gives
the alarm* but when semi-chorus 1 suggests cutting her down,
semi-chorus 2 rejects any idea of aetloa by saying, "The busy
meddler treadeth perilous paths,*5® having in mind, probably,
the fate of the nurse who has tried to help her mistress*
fhe chorus acquaints Theseus with the state of his household
^Euripides, Hippolytua* 185-186. This reference and
all succeeding references to Hippolytua are based on An
Anthology of Qreek Drama* First series, edited by 0* A.
RoEdnson/ "Jr. {fcew York, 1954} •
S2lbld*. 207,
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Branch, James Wesley. The Messenger in Shakespeare, thesis, May 1955; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130421/m1/35/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .