Luciano Bonuzzi
Italian Society of the History of Medicine
Keywords:
Phaedra , Love-sickness, Incest , Euripides
Abstract
The author hints at Phaedra’s passion, described by Euripides, highlighting in particular the incest taboo. As well known, Phaedra in fact is love-sick for her own step-son Hippolytus, a human figure with a not well defined sexual identity.
