title: [Phaedra's disease].
abstract: The author hints at Phaedra's passion, described by Euripides, highlighting in particular the incest taboo. As well known, Phaedra in fact is love-sick for her own step-son Hippolytus, a human figure with a not well defined sexual identity.
authors: Società Italiana di Storia della Medicina.
authors: Luciano
authors: L
authors: Bonuzzi
mesh_terms: D018645:Greek World; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest; D008149:Love; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history*; D009229:Mythology; D013609:Taboo