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Phaedra

Syllabification: (Phae·dra)
Greek Mythology
Definition of Phaedra
  • the wife of Theseus. She fell in love with her stepson Hippolytus, who rejected her, whereupon she hanged herself, leaving behind a letter that accused him of raping her. Theseus would not believe his son’s protestations of innocence and banished him.

Phaedra in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Phaedra in the British & World English dictionary