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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 . ..... Click the link for more information. and Pasiphaë. She was the wife of Theseus Theseus (thē`sy ..... Click the link for more information. . 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 ..... Click the link for more information. , rejected her love, she accused him of raping her and hanged herself. PhaedraIn 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] See : Appearances, Deceiving Phaedra feigns rape on being scorned. [Gk. Lit.: Hippolytus] See : Love, Spurned 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]
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Then I saw Phaedra, and Procris, and fair Ariadne daughter of the magician Minos, whom Theseus was carrying off from Crete to Athens, but he did not enjoy her, for before he could do so Diana killed her in the island of Dia on account of what Bacchus had said against her. |
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