{"date":"July 17","id":"07-17","intro":["Phædre first persecuted Hippolytus, her handsome stepson, then loved him. Suddenly he and her own son became rivals for the throne. Should she push her son’s claims or let Hippolytus take the crown?"],"minutes":16,"readings":[{"author":"Jean Racine","end":148,"start":133,"volume":26,"work":"Phædre"}],"slug":"july-17","status":"proofread","title":"A Throne for Son or Stepson?","url":"/harvard-classics/july-17/","words":3178}