Phaedra

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mythological figure princess queen

Phaedra is a figure in Greek mythology, a Cretan princess and later queen of Athens best known for her tragic love for her stepson Hippolytus.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Phaedra canonical 22
Phèdre 5
Hippolytus 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mythological figure ⓘ
princess ⓘ
queen ⓘ
appearsInWork Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus ⓘ
surface form: Euripides' Hippolytus

Hippolyte et Aricie ⓘ
surface form: Racine's Phèdre

Phaedra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Seneca's Phaedra
associatedDeity Aphrodite ⓘ
associatedPlace Athens ⓘ
Knossos ⓘ
associatedTheme false accusation ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
lust ⓘ
stepfamily conflict ⓘ
tragic love ⓘ
category Characters in Greek mythology ⓘ
Cretan characters in Greek mythology ⓘ
Queens in Greek mythology ⓘ
causeOfDeath suicide ⓘ
children Acamas (son of Theseus) ⓘ
Demophon ⓘ
surface form: Demophon (son of Theseus)
culture Greek mythology ⓘ
ethnicity Cretan ⓘ
family Minos ⓘ
surface form: House of Minos
father Minos ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
languageOfEarliestSources Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryGenre tragedy ⓘ
mother Pasiphaë ⓘ
surface form: Pasiphae
mythologicalTradition Greek ⓘ
narrativeFunction catalyst of Hippolytus' death ⓘ
notableFor false accusation against Hippolytus ⓘ
tragic love for Hippolytus ⓘ
origin Crete ⓘ
relatedMyth Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus ⓘ
surface form: Myth of Hippolytus

Theseus ⓘ
surface form: Theseus cycle
roleInMyth tragic heroine ⓘ
sibling Androgeus ⓘ
Ariadne ⓘ
Catreus ⓘ
Deucalion (son of Minos) ⓘ
Glaucus ⓘ
spouse Theseus ⓘ
stepChildOf Theseus ⓘ
stepSon Hippolytus ⓘ
title Queen of Athens ⓘ
victimOf Aphrodite's vengeance ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Minos → offspring → Phaedra ⓘ
Theseus → spouse → Phaedra ⓘ
Theseus → child → Phaedra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hippolytus
Seneca the Younger → notableWork → Phaedra ⓘ
Troezen → associatedWithMyth → Phaedra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phaedra and Hippolytus
Troezen → linkedByMythTo → Phaedra ⓘ
Ariadne → sibling → Phaedra ⓘ
Jean Racine → notableWork → Phaedra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phèdre
Pasiphaë → motherOf → Phaedra ⓘ
Hippolyte et Aricie (Rameau) → basedOn → Phaedra ⓘ
subject surface form: Hippolyte et Aricie
this entity surface form: Phèdre
Hippolyte et Aricie (Rameau) → character → Phaedra ⓘ
subject surface form: Hippolyte et Aricie
this entity surface form: Phèdre
Hippolyte et Aricie (Rameau) → relatedWork → Phaedra ⓘ
subject surface form: Hippolyte et Aricie
this entity surface form: Phèdre by Jean Racine
Phaedra → appearsInWork → Phaedra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seneca's Phaedra
Deucalion (son of Minos) → siblingOf → Phaedra ⓘ
Glaucus (son of Minos) → sibling → Phaedra ⓘ
Acacallis → sibling → Phaedra ⓘ
Catreus → sibling → Phaedra ⓘ
myths of Theseus → featuresCharacter → Phaedra ⓘ
Androgeus → sibling → Phaedra ⓘ
Androgeus → sibling → Phaedra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phædra
Demophon → mother → Phaedra ⓘ
Acamas → childOf → Phaedra ⓘ
Sarah Bernhardt → notableWork → Phaedra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phèdre
Sarah Bernhardt → portrayed → Phaedra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phèdre
Heroides → mainCharacter → Phaedra ⓘ
Troizen → associatedWithMyth → Phaedra ⓘ
Hippolytus → featuresCharacter → Phaedra ⓘ
Jean Marais → notableWork → Phaedra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phèdre (stage role)
Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus → featuresCharacter → Phaedra ⓘ
subject surface form: Hippolytus (Euripides)
Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus → influenced → Phaedra ⓘ
subject surface form: Hippolytus (Euripides)
this entity surface form: Racine’s Phèdre
Hippolytus → stepmother → Phaedra ⓘ
Hippolytus → accuser → Phaedra ⓘ
Hippolytus → subjectOfWork → Phaedra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Racine’s tragedy "Phèdre"
Immortals → character → Phaedra ⓘ
Cretan cycle of myths → featuresCharacter → Phaedra ⓘ