Phaedra

Role: daughter of Minos · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 3.1

🌐 Also appears in: Greek Tragedy — The Same Myth, Three Voices (as Phaedra)

Life events

Hippolytus was dragged to death, and Phaedra hanged herself after her false accusation was exposed.(Apollodorus, Epitome 1)
- With: Theseus Poseidon Hippolytus
- “Theseus believed her and prayed to Poseidon that Hippolytus might perish. So, when Hippolytus was riding in his chariot and driving beside the sea, Poseidon sent up a bull from the surf, and the horses were frightened, the chariot dashed in pieces, and Hippolytus, entangled in the reins, was dragged to death. And when her passion was made public, Phaedra hanged herself.”

parent: Minos “He begat sons, to wit, Catreus, Deucalion, Glaucus, and Androgeus: and daughters, to wit, Acalle, Xenodice, Ariadne, Phaedra;”

married with Theseus “Theseus afterwards received from Deucalion in marriage Phaedra, daughter of Minos”
child: Acamas “Phaedra, after she had borne two children, Acamas and Demophon, to Theseus”
child: Demophon “Phaedra, after she had borne two children, Acamas and Demophon, to Theseus”
admired: Hippolytus “fell in love with the son he had by the Amazon, to wit, Hippolytus”

married with Theseus “For when the marriage of Phaedra was being celebrated, Hippolyte appeared in arms with her Amazons”

Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.