person
Phaedra
also: Cressa, Minois
Daughter of Minos and Pasiphae of Crete and wife of Theseus; her consuming love for her stepson Hippolytus, and the lie that follows his refusal, drive the tragedy.
Reading notes
- Phaedra §357 cruel stepmother
The proverbial cruel stepmother; the chorus turns the figure toward Phaedra herself.