Phaedra

(fē′drə, fe′-)

noun

Gr. Myth. daughter of Minos and wife of Theseus: she kills herself after her stepson, Hippolytus, rejects her advances

Origin: L < Gr Phaidra

See Phaedra in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Greek Mythology

The daughter of Pasiphaë and wife of Theseus who killed herself after accusing her stepson Hippolytus of rape.

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