|24 When he [= Hippolytus] went, once upon a time, from the palace of Pittheus [in Trozen] |25 [to the territory of Athens] for the vision and rituals [telos plural] of the revered Mysteries [mustērion plural], |26 to the land of Pandion [= to the territory of Athens], then it was that the noble wife of the father [of Hippolytus] |27 saw him, yes, Phaedra saw him, and she was possessed in her heart |28 by a passionate love [erōs] that was terrifying—all because of the plans I planned.
Euripides Hippolytus 24–28
We are pleased to announce the release, “The hero as mirror of men's and women's experiences in the Hippolytus of Euripides” and, "The hero's agony in the Bacchae of Euripides."
The key word is telos. In H24H, Prof Nagy defines telos as "end, ending, final moment; goal, completion, fulfillment; coming full circle, rounding out; successfully passing through an ordeal; initiation; ritual, rite."
The key word is agōn. In the Core Vocabulary, Prof. Nagy gives three basic definitions: "(1) ‘coming together’, (2) ‘competition’ or antagonism, and (3) ‘ordeal’ or agony."