Phaedra

(fē`drə), in Greek mythology, daughter of MinosMinos
, in Greek mythology, king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. He was the husband of Pasiphaë, who bore him Androgeus, Glaucus, Ariadne, and Phaedra. Because Minos failed to sacrifice a beautiful white bull to Poseidon, the god caused Pasiphaë to conceive a lustful
..... Click the link for more information. and Pasiphaë. She was the wife of TheseusTheseus
, in Greek mythology, hero of Athens; son of either King Aegeus or Poseidon. Before Aegeus left Troezen he placed his sword and sandals beneath a huge rock and told his wife Aethra that when their son, Theseus, could lift the rock he was to bring the gifts to his kingdom
..... Click the link for more information. . When her stepson, HippolytusHippolytus,
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 with him.
..... Click the link for more information. , rejected her love, she accused him of raping her and 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]

See: Treachery

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The following lines--assuming for the moment, with Leo, that nothing has been lost or inserted--show that mitius nil est feris must refer not to Phaedra alone, nor to stepmothers in general, but to all of the human criminals on Hippolytus' list.(5) In accordance with this interpretation, Zwierlein, who considers the paradosis sound, takes nil as the subject of the sentence:(6)

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Jealous of his devotion to Artemis, Aphrodite caused Phaedra, Hippolytus' stepmother, to fall passionately in love with Hippolytus.

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Refuse his burning gifts, my sister; Phaedra, remember me.

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Phaedra Britannica is an inspired adaptation of Racine's Phaedra by the British poet and playwright Tony Harrison, who transposes the story from the author's eternally anachronistic Louis XIV Greece to a seductively probable India circa 1850.

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