Phaedra

[ fee-druh, fed-ruh ]

/ ˈfi drə, ˈfɛd rə /

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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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Words nearby Phaedra

phacoemulsification, phacolite, Phaeacia, Phaeacian, Phaedo, Phaedra, Phaedrus, phaeic, Phaënna, Phaestus, Phaëthon

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How to use Phaedra in a sentence

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You are fully decided to break faith with Phaedra, knowing what may come of it?
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His step-mother Phaedra fell in love with him, and being rejected accused him to his father.
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A secret malady under which Phaedra pines has so far baffled the Nurse who now learns that she loves her stepson.
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Knowles, on the other hand, represents her as importunate with her love as a Phaedra, as consumed with passion as a Faustina.
Mary Wollstonecraft|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Phaedra not only shrinks from breathing her secret to Hippolytus, but destroys herself when she learns that she is rejected.
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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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