Phaedra (mythology)
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title:
Phaedra (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Phaedra was a Cretan princess. Her name derives from the Greek word φαιδρός (phaidros), which means "bright". According to legend, she was the daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, and the wife of Theseus. Phaedra fell in love with her stepson Hippolytus. After he rejected her advances, she accused him of trying to rape her, causing Theseus to pray to Poseidon to kill Hippolytus, and then she killed herself. The story of Phaedra is told in Euripides' play Hippolytus, Seneca the You
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Cretan princess in Greek mythology
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaedra_(mythology)
date created:
2002-09-07T19:59:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T20:05:55Z
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