Why does Phaedra kill herself?

As a result, Hippolytus's horses were frightened by a sea monster and dragged their rider to his death. In another version, after Phaedra told Theseus that Hippolytus had raped her, Theseus killed his son, and Phaedra then committed suicide out of guilt, for she had not intended Hippolytus to die.

Also, how did Phaedra kill herself?

Theseus' queen, Phaedra, fell in love with Hippolytus. When Phaedra's passion was revealed to him, he reacted with such revulsion that she killed herself, leaving a note accusing Hippolytus of having tried to rape her.

Similarly, how does Theseus die? As a result, the Amazons attacked Athens, and Hippolyte fell fighting on the side of Theseus. By her he had a son, Hippolytus, beloved of Theseus's wife, Phaedra. But Lycomedes, king of Scyros, killed Theseus by casting him into the sea from the top of a cliff.

Also, how does Hippolytus die in Phaedra?

In retaliation, Aphrodite made Phaedra fall in love with him. Hippolytus' rejection of Phaedra led to his death in a fall from a chariot.

How does Phaedra initially respond to curse?

The nurse and the chorus are shocked. Phaedra explains that she must starve herself and die with her honour intact. However, the nurse quickly retracts her initial response and tells Phaedra that she has a magical charm to cure her. After making the chorus swear secrecy, she goes inside and hangs herself.

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Who was Phaedra married to?

Apollo Nida

m. 2009–2017

Who is Fadra?

Family. Phaedra was the daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë of Crete, and thus sister to Acacallis, Ariadne, Androgeus, Deucalion, Xenodice, Glaucus and Catreus and half-sister to the Minotaur. She was the wife of Theseus and the mother of Demophon of Athens and Acamas.

Who was Hippolyta in Greek mythology?

In Classical Greek mythology, Hippolyta (/h?ˈp?l?t?/; Greek: Ιππόλυτα Hippolyta) was the Amazonian queen who possessed a magical girdle (a waist belt that signified her authority as queen of the Amazons) given to her by her father Ares, the god of war.

Where does Phaedra take place?

Phaedra (Seneca)

Phaedra and Hippolytus, c. 290 AD
Author	Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Genre	Tragedy
Set in	Athens
Publication date	1st century

Who is Ariadne in Greek mythology?

Ariadne, in Greek mythology, daughter of Pasiphae and the Cretan king Minos. She fell in love with the Athenian hero Theseus and, with a thread or glittering jewels, helped him escape the Labyrinth after he slew the Minotaur, a beast half bull and half man that Minos kept in the Labyrinth.

What is the tragic story of Phaedra Theseus and Hippolytus?

In Euripides' tragedy Hippolytus, he was son of Theseus, king of Athens, and the Amazon Hippolyte. Theseus' queen, Phaedra, fell in love with Hippolytus. When Phaedra's passion was revealed to him, he reacted with such revulsion that she killed herself, leaving a note accusing Hippolytus of having tried to rape her.

How old is Phaedra?

46 years (October 26, 1973)

Who killed the Minotaur?

Theseus

What does Hippolytus mean?

Definition of Hippolytus. : a son of Theseus falsely accused of amorous advances by his stepmother and killed by his father through the agency of Poseidon.

How did Medea's children die?

In Corinth, Jason abandoned Medea for the king's daughter, Glauce. Before the fifth century BC, there seem to have been two variants of the myth's conclusion. According to the poet Eumelus, to whom the fragmentary epic Korinthiaka is usually attributed, Medea killed her children by accident.

Who wrote the Hippolytus?

Euripides

Who built the labyrinth?

Daedalus

Where is Medea from?

The plot centers on the actions of Medea, a former princess of the "barbarian" kingdom of Colchis, and the wife of Jason; she finds her position in the Greek world threatened as Jason leaves her for a Greek princess of Corinth.

Medea (play)

Medea
Original language	Ancient Greek
Genre	Tragedy
Setting	Before Medea's house in Corinth

Who was Theseus son?

Acamas was the son of King Theseus of Athens and Phaedra, daughter of Minos. He was the brother or half brother to Demophon.

Who was Poseidon's wife?

Amphitrite

Who killed Theseus?

He would capture travellers, tie them between two pine trees that were bent down to the ground, and then let the trees go, tearing his victims apart. Theseus killed him by his own method. He then had sex with Sinis's daughter, Perigune, fathering the child Melanippus.

Why did Perseus killed Medusa?

Because the gaze of Medusa turned all who looked at her to stone, Perseus guided himself by her reflection in a shield given him by Athena and beheaded Medusa as she slept. He then returned to Seriphus and rescued his mother by turning Polydectes and his supporters to stone at the sight of Medusa's head.