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Phaedra is the unfortunate woman who falls in love with her stepson Hippolytus, son of Theseus. A mythical narrative of Greek origin, written by the Roman philosopher Seneca, takes on Stoic overtones. In the Greek version, Aphrodite, in love with the young Hippolytus, and rejected by him, who chose a celibate life dedicated to the worship of nature, decides to take revenge by making her stepmother Phaedra fall in love with him, driving her to suicide and he to death at the hands of nature itself, while fleeing his father who wanted to kill him. In the Roman version, there are no goddesses involved, only the tragedy of passion in the wrong place. Stoicism became known as the search for balance and a measured life. This measure is logos, nature. Without excess. Phaedra dies from the madness of passion, Hippolytus from excessive puritanical zeal in refusing desire for women completely. Lesson 1: The Myth of Phaedra and History Lesson 2: Seneca's Stoicism Lesson 3: Passion as a Curse, Reason as a Measure Lesson 4: The Murderous Nature Study the classics of literature in my new online course How to Read the Classics II: https://www.pondecursoonline.com/clas... ______________________________________ FOLLOW ME ON MY OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA: {Facebook} https://www.facebook.com/luizfelipepo... {Twitter} @lf_ponde {Instagram} @lf_ponde Professional Contact: [email protected]