Hippolytus

by Euripides

SUMMER TOUR

As a faithful follower of Artemis, the goddess of chastity, Hippolytus has renounced the joys of love and so refuses to revere the goddess Aphrodite. To punish him, she weaves a web for his downfall by inspiring his stepmother, Phaedra, to fall passionately in love with him.  Phaedra confesses her ardent desire to Hippolytus through her nurse, but he angrily rejects her. Phaedra resolves to put an end to her life, but to preserve her honour she leaves a letter for her husband, Theseus, in which she accuses Hippolytus of assaulting her. Theseus finds his wife dead and on reading the letter learns that Hippolytus supposedly caused her death by daring to lay a hand on her. Bound by a vow of silence, Hippolytus does not reveal Phaedra s motives and does not respond to the rage of Theseus, who asks Poseidon to punish his son. When the truth comes to light, it is too late. Artemis restores the honour of her tragic follower, but Hippolytus, mortally injured, dies in the arms of the inconsolable Theseus.

• Translated by Nikoletta Frintzila
• Directed by Lydia Koniordou
• Music Takis Farazis
• Sets Vassilis Mantzoukis
• Costumes Elli Papageorgakopoulou
• Movement Marianna Kavallieratou
• Lighting Alekos Anastasiou
• Music coach Melina Peonidou
• Assistant director Vangelis Papadakis
• Assistant set designer Vangelis Malkakis
• Assistant costume designer Margarita Hatziioannou
• Dramaturg Savvas Kyriakidis

Cast:

• Artemis Fani Apostolidou
• Servant Phaedon Kastris
• Phaedra Lydia Koniordou
• Hippolytus Nikos Kouris
• Theseus Themis Panou
• Nurse Lida Protopsalti
• Messenger Michalis Sarantis
• Aphrodite Martha Frintzila
• Leaders of the chorus Evyenia Apostolou, Eleni Kousta, Dimitra Larentzaki, Georgia Tsangaraki
• Male chorus Konstantinos Bibis, Vassilis Papageorgiou, Vangelis Pitsilos, Dimitris Gotsopoulos, Thanos Lekkas, Ektoras Liatsos, Konstantinos Manglaras, Michalis Sarantis
• Women΄s chorus Sofia Antoniou, Dafni David, Eugenia Zkeri, Evangelia Karakatsani, Katerina Latta, Elena Mengreli, Domniki Mitropoulos, Katerina Patsiani, Marina Satti
• On-stage musicians Cihan Turkoglu, Stefanos Tortopoglou, Solis Barkis