PHAEDRA
a daughter of Minos by Pasiphae or
Crete, and the wife of Theseus. She
was the stepmother of Hippolytus, the son of Theseus, by Antiope
or Hippolyte, and having fallen in
love with him he repulsed her, whereupon she calumniated him
before Theseus. After the death of Hippolytus, his innocence
became known to his father, and Phaedra made away with
herself.