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Phaedra and Hippolytus, c. 290 AD. Names of characters in French, with their equivalents in English: Thésée, or Theseus, King of Athens; Phèdre, or Phaedra, wife of Thésée, daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë and sister of Ariadne; Hippolyte, or Hippolytus, son of Thésée and Antiope, Queen of the Amazons
In Greek mythology, Phaedra (/ ˈ f iː d r ə, ˈ f ɛ d r ə /; Ancient Greek: Φαίδρα, romanized: Phaídra) is a Cretan princess. Her name derives from the Greek word φαιδρός (phaidros), which means "bright". According to legend, she was the daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, and the wife of Theseus. Phaedra fell in love with her ...
Pasiphae fieri gaudebat adultera tauri—"Pasiphaë took pleasure in becoming an adulteress with a bull." [42] Pasiphaë is often included on lists among women ruled by lust; other women include Phaedra, Byblis, Myrrha, Scylla and Semiramis. Scholars see her as a personified sin of bestiality. [43]
Phaedra is the daughter of King Minos and of Pasiphae, the daughter of sun god, Helios, and of the Oceanid nymph Perse. Phaedra is living a life cursed by Venus for the mistakes of her mother, Pasiphae, who had an affair with the Cretan Bull, giving birth to the Minotaur, who was half man, half bull.
Multiple times, cast members mention their pasts — C.T. Tamburello and Trishelle Cannatella, Sheree Whitfield and Phaedra, etc., which seems like a good opportunity to show a clip from their ...
Phaedra recently revealed in July that she would be returning to RHOA season 16. Cynthia, for her part, will appear on the new episodes as a friend after leaving the Bravo franchise in 2021.
Dancing with the Stars contestants Chandler Kinney and Phaedra Parks threw some major shade at recent guest judge Gene Simmons. Kinney, 24, shared a video via TikTok on Sunday, October 13, that ...
In some versions, she cursed his daughter Pasiphaë to fall in love with the Cretan Bull as revenge against him. [115] [116] Pasiphaë's daughter Phaedra's passion for her step-son Hippolytus was also said to have been inflicted on her by Aphrodite for this same reason. [114]