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Quotation from Phaedra by Jean Racine

“Minos is judge of all the ghosts in hell”

Jean Racine (spoken by Phaedra)

Phaedra, Act IV, Scene VI, trans. Robert Bruce Boswell (published before 1910)

Phaedra imagines fleeing into the underworld only to face her own father as judge of the dead; there is no place to hide.

Citation: "Minos is judge of all the ghosts in hell" — Jean Racine, Phaedra, Act IV, Scene VI, trans. Robert Bruce Boswell (published before 1910). (id racine-phaedra-q10)

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