Phaedra

[ fee-druh, fed-ruh ]

/ ˈfi drə, ˈfɛd rə /

noun Classical Mythology.

the wife of Theseus who fell in love with Hippolytus, her stepson, and eventually hanged herself after causing his death.

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It was emblematic of a new state of society when Euripides created the Phaedra and the Medea.

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You are fully decided to break faith with Phaedra, knowing what may come of it?

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Queen Phaedra, when she was in love with Hippolytos, used to recline idly all day long under this same tree.

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Phaedra suspects her plan and absolutely forbids her to speak with Hippolytus.

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British Dictionary definitions for phaedra

Phaedra

/ (ˈfiːdrə) /

noun

Greek myth the wife of Theseus, who falsely accused her stepson Hippolytus of raping her and then hanged herself because he spurned her amorous advances

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Phaedra

noun Classical Mythology.

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