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  2. Phaedra (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Phaedra (Seneca) - Wikipedia

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    The story of the Hippolytus–Phaedra relationship is derived from one of several ancient Greek myths revolving around the archetypal Athenian hero, Theseus. The Greek playwright Euripides wrote two versions of the tragedy, the lost Hippolytus Veiled and the extant Hippolytus (428 B.C.E.). [3]

  4. Hippolyte, tragédie tournée de Sénèque - Wikipedia

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    Act 3: Theseus is back from Hell asks the nurse of his wife, he finds before him, the cause of the grief of his house: it tells him something else, but that Phaedra has resolved to kill (1). Phaedra first pretended she would rather die than to report the violence to Theseus that he has done: as Theseus and made threats to the nurse to tell him ...

  5. Phèdre - Wikipedia

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    With Phèdre, Racine chose once more a subject from Greek mythology, already treated by Greek and Roman tragic poets, notably by Euripides in Hippolytus and Seneca in Phaedra. As a result of an intrigue by the Duchess of Bouillon and other friends of the aging Pierre Corneille , the play was not a success at its première on 1 January 1677 at ...

  6. Desire Under the Elms - Wikipedia

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    The characters Eben, Abbie, and Ephraim roughly correspond with Hippolytus, Phaedra, and Theseus respectively. Both plays are driven by a love triangle between a father, a son, and a stepmother, and the tragedy arises from misguided actions made by the stepmother. In Phaedra's case it is her lust of her husband's son and the falseness of her ...

  7. Theseus - Wikipedia

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    Theseus (UK: / ˈ θ iː sj uː s /, US: / ˈ θ iː s i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Θησεύς [tʰɛːsěu̯s]) was a divine hero in Greek mythology, famous for slaying the Minotaur.The myths surrounding Theseus, his journeys, exploits, and friends, have provided material for storytelling throughout the ages.

  8. Deucalion (son of Minos) - Wikipedia

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    "Then joining battle with them at the gate of the Labyrinth, he [i.e. Theseus] slew Deucalion and his body-guard. [6] One source recounts a different relationship between Deucalion and Theseus: While he [i.e. Deucalion] was ruler of Crete, formed an alliance with the Athenians and united his own sister Phaedra in marriage to Theseus. [5]

  9. Arch of Hadrian (Athens) - Wikipedia

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    Adams has proposed that the inscriptions, rather than dividing Athens into an old city of Theseus and a new city of Hadrian (Hadrianopolis), claim the entire city as a refoundation by the emperor. [14] In this view, the inscriptions should be read: this is Athens, once the city of Theseus; this is the city of Hadrian, and not of Theseus.