My own dear child, how generous dost thou show thyself to thy father!Lines 1453-1455 are rearranged according to the Greek.HippolytusPray to have children such as me bom in lawful wedlock.TheseusO that holy, noble soul of thine!HippolytusFarewell, dear father! a long farewell to thee!TheseusO leave me not, my son; endure awhile.Hippolytus’Tis finished, my endurance; I die, father; quickly cover my face with a mantle.TheseusO glorious Athens, realm of Pallas, what a splendid hero ye have lost! Ah me, ah me! How oft shall I remember thy evil work, O Cypris!

ChorusOn all our citizens hath come this universal sorrow, unforeseen. Now shall the copious tear gush forth, for sad news about great men takes more than usual hold upon the heart.