Is nothing gentler than wild beasts? Seneca, Phaedra 558

Classical Quarterly 48 (02):577-580 (1998)
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Hippolytus' declamation on the progress of human depravity brings him from the invention of weapons to the climactic horror of stepmothers , after which he turns to the vices of women in general and Medea in particular

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10.1093/cq/48.2.577

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