n. Greek Mythology
The daughter of Pasiphaë and wife of Theseus who killed herself after accusing her stepson Hippolytus of rape.
Phaedra
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(fē'drə, fĕd'rə)
n. Greek Mythology
The daughter of Pasiphaë and wife of Theseus who killed herself after accusing her stepson Hippolytus of rape.
n. Greek Mythology
The daughter of Pasiphaë and wife of Theseus who killed herself after accusing her stepson Hippolytus of rape.
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Phaedra (fē'drə), in Greek mythology, daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë. She was the wife of Theseus. When her stepson, Hippolytus, rejected her love, she accused him of raping her and hanged herself.
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Phaedra can refer to:
- Phaedra (mythology)
- Various artistic works based on the legend:
- Hippolytus by Euripides
- Phaedra (Seneca) by Seneca the Younger
- Phèdre by Jean Racine (or the English translation by Robert Lowell)
- Phaedra's Love by Sarah Kane
- Phaedra (film), a 1962 film by Jules Dassin
- Phaedra (cantata), a cantata by Benjamin Britten
- Phaedra (opera), an opera by Hans Werner Henze
- The genus Phaedra synonym of Bernardia
- 174 Phaedra, an asteroid
- Phaedra (album), by the electronic music group Tangerine Dream
- A mysterious woman referred to in the song "Some Velvet Morning" sung by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood
- Phaedra (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant and foe of Wolverine
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