Monologue

Cadmus Monologue from Hippolytus

From Hippolytus by Euripides

male · dramatic · 1:06 min

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My son, right well Teiresias points thy road. Oh, make thine habitation here with us, Not lonely, against men's uses. Hazardous Is this quick bird-like beating of thy thought Where no thought dwells.--Grant that this God be naught, Yet let that Naught be Somewhat in thy mouth; Lie boldly, and say He is! So north and south Shall marvel, how there sprang a thing divine From Semelê's flesh, and honour all our line. Is there not blood before thine eyes even now? Our lost Actaeon's blood, whom long ago His own red hounds through yonder forest dim Tore unto death, because he vaunted him Against most holy Artemis? Oh, beware And let me wreathe thy temples. Make thy prayer With us, and walk thee humbly in God's sight.

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Cadmus expresses concern for his son Hippolytus, urging him to embrace the divine and warning him of the dangers of pride and isolation.

50s · fear · family · honor · fate · power

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