Greek tragedy grew out of the public rituals of songs, sacrifice, dances and worship honouring Dionysus, the god of wine, vegetation and growth in the 5th century B.C. Euripides tragic hero (or heroes as in the play Hippolytus) is a character, who has good and bad qualities. Moreover, qualities, which are bad tragically, destroy good ones and we feel pity for the tragic heroes and the situations, in which they find themselves. This is especially true with Phaedre as she is a woman and thus suffers more than men (Nietzsche 169-170). However, Nietzsche points out not only the weakness of a woman but her power to make the life of a man a tragedy, as Phaedre does in case with Hippolytus: What, in spite of all fear, elicits pity for this dangerous beautiful cat woman is that she appears to suffer more, more vulnerable, more in need of love than any other animal. Fear and pity: best tooth whitening with feelings man has so far confronted woman, always with one foot in tragedy which tears to pieces as it enhances.. Two major themes are present in Hippolytus: passion and revenge. Euripides play Hippolytus is interesting from the psychological point of view. The great playwright shows us repeated injustice and sufferings of his characters. Euripides tends to depict passive victims who get into trouble against their own will and suffer because of their fate. For example, Phaedre is a victim who acts only when she finds herself in a desperate position and her attempts to change the reality vanish with her death. Phaedra’s position illustrates a division between the cognitive and the emotional self putting an emphasis on the inner source of human suffering. Euripides shows us weak points and mistakes of human beings that makes him a modern playwright of his time.