Etymology

Phaedra

Phae·dra
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Today it means: The wife of Theseus, who falls in love with but is spurned by her stepson Hippolytus, then commits suicide, but is the cause of his later death (details vary between versions). Full definition →

Latin Phaedra ← Ancient Greek Φαίδρᾱ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΦαίδρᾱ
  2. Latin · borrowed fromPhaedra
  3. English todayPhaedra

From Latin Phaedra, from Ancient Greek Φαίδρᾱ (Phaídrā). The myth has been retold several times, in plays (in classical times in Euripides's Hippolytus and Seneca the Younger's Phaedra, later in Racine's Phèdre), and more recently in other media.

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