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Phaedra
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Phaedra (fē`drə), in Greek mythology, daughter of Minos Minos (mī`nŏs, –nəs), in Greek mythology, king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa .
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 and Pasiphaë. She was the wife of Theseus Theseus (thē`sy
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. When her stepson, Hippolytus Hippolytus, in Greek mythology, son of Theseus and Antiope (or Hippolyte). After the death of Antiope, Theseus married Phaedra, daughter of Minos. Because Hippolytus worshiped only Artemis, the jealous Aphrodite punished him by causing his stepmother to fall in love
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, rejected her love, she accused him of raping her and hanged herself.

Phaedra

In Greek legend, the daughter of King Minos. She became the second wife of Theseus after he abandoned her sister Ariadne. She later fell in love with her stepson Hippolytus; rejected, she accused him of rape. He was killed, and she hanged herself.


Phaedra
pretends unkindness to Hippolytus to hide her passion for him. [Fr. Drama: Phaedra, Magill I, 741–742]

Phaedra
feigns rape on being scorned. [Gk. Lit.: Hippolytus]

Phaedra
Athenian queen drinks poison after confessing guilt. [Fr. Lit.: Phaedra, M agill I, 741–742]
See : Suicide

Phaedra
in a letter written before her suicide, falsely accuses Hippolytus of attempting to ravish her. [Gk. Drama: Hippolytus]
See : Treachery


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