Phaedra

Married to Theseus but falls in love with his son, Hippolytus.

Genealogy

Crete, Pasiphae

Minos

Acalle, Androgeus, Aria, Catreus, Chryses, Deucalion, Eurymedon, Euxanthius, Glaucus, Minotaur, Nephalion, Philolaus, Xenodice

Theseus

Acamas, Demophon

Places
  1. Athens
  2. Crete
  3. Unknown
Events
  1. Minos marries Pasiphae, has children
  2. Hippolyte threatens to kill the guests at Theseus and Phaedra’s wedding
  3. Phaedra falls in love with Hippolytus
  4. Hippolytus rejects Phaedra’s sexual advances
  5. Phaedra falsely accuses Hippolytus of rape
  6. Phaedra hangs herself
  7. Hippolyte interrupts the marriage of Phaedra and Theseus with her Amazons
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.2
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.4
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.17
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.18
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.19
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.2
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 18.5
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 22.1
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 22.2
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 32.3
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 32.4
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 16.4
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 29.3
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 29.5
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