Phaedra
[fee-druh, fed-ruh]
- the wife of Theseus who fell in love with Hippolytus, her stepson, and eventually hanged herself after causing his death.
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Peaches had two young sons, Astala, 20 months, and Phaedra, 10 months, with her second husband, Thomas Cohen.
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Is Phaedra the only woman whom love has driven to write a lying letter?
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of MadauraLucius Apuleius
She puts her venom in a magnificent beast, not a pathetic Phaedra.
The Tragic Comedians, CompleteGeorge Meredith
You are fully decided to break faith with Phaedra, knowing what may come of it?
Diane of the Green VanLeona Dalrymple
Phaedra suspects her plan and absolutely forbids her to speak with Hippolytus.
Authors of GreeceT. W. Lumb
He unpinned and flung aside the sheets as though to let Phaedra plead for herself.
The Troll Garden and Selected StoriesWilla Cather
Phaedra
- 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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