Associations to the word «Phaedra»

Wiktionary

PHAEDRA, proper noun. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae   — now Curetis.
PHAEDRA, proper noun. (mythology) 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).
PHAEDRA, proper noun. (rare) A female given name.
PHAEDRA, proper noun. (astronomy) The asteroid 174 Phaedra.

Wise words

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