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Phaedra , in Greek mythology, daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë. She was the wife of Theseus . When her stepson, Hippolytus , rejected her love, she accused him of raping her and hanged herself.

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Phaedra In Greek mythology, the daughter of Minos and the wife of Theseus. She fell in love with her stepson Hippolytus. When Hippolytus spurned her advances, Phaedra accused him of raping her. Theseus condemend him to death and Phaedra hanged herself.

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