Phaedra

Racine's tragedy, cited by Lacordaire among the greatest works of human literary genius, all of which are surpassed by the psalms and prophecies.

Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship

• ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES. — Lacordaire lists "the laments of Racine's Phaedra" among the pinnacles of human poetry

  "the laments of Racine's Phaedra"