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Phaedra (mythology)
Phaedra (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Phaedra is the daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, wife of Theseus and the mother of Demophon of Athens and Acamas. Phaedra's name derives from the Greek word φαιδρός , which meant "bright"....
Various artistic works based on the legend:
- Hippolytus
  Hippolytus (play)
  Hippolytus is an Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides, based on the myth of Hippolytus, son of Theseus. The play was first produced for the City Dionysia of Athens in 428 BC and won first prize as part of a trilogy....
  
  by Euripides
- Phaedra (Seneca)
  Phaedra (Seneca)
  Phaedra, sometimes known as Hippolytus, is a play by Seneca the Younger, telling the story of Phaedra and her taboo love for her stepson Hippolytus...
  
  by Seneca the Younger
- Phèdre
  Phèdre
  Phèdre is a dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677.-Composition and premiere:...
  
  by Jean Racine
  - Phaedra, 1962 English translation of Racine's work by Robert Lowell
    Robert Lowell
    Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV was an American poet, considered the founder of the confessional poetry movement. He was appointed the sixth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress where he served from 1947 until 1948...
- Phaedra's Love
  Phaedra's Love
  Phaedra's Love is a play by British playwright Sarah Kane. It was first performed in 1996 at London's Gate Theatre, directed by the author. The play is a modern adaptation of Seneca's Phaedra...
  
  by Sarah Kane
- Phaedra (film)
  Phaedra (film)
  Phaedra was a 1962 motion picture directed by Jules Dassin as a vehicle for his wife Melina Mercouri, after her world-wide hit Never on Sunday.The film was the fourth collaboration between Dassin and Mercouri, who took the title role...
  
  , a 1962 film by Jules Dassin
- Phaedra (cantata)
  Phaedra (cantata)
  Phaedra Op. 93 is a cantata for mezzo-soprano and orchestra by Benjamin Britten. It was the composer's last vocal work, written in 1975 and first performed by Janet Baker at the Aldeburgh Festival on 16 June 1976. Britten assembled the libretto from parts of a translation of Racine's Phèdre by...
  
  , a cantata by Benjamin Britten
- Phaedra (opera)
  Phaedra (opera)
  Phaedra is a 'concert opera' in two-acts by Hans Werner Henze. Its first performance was given at the Berlin State Opera on 6 September 2007...
  
  , an opera by Hans Werner Henze
- Phaedra, a ballet by Robert Starer and Martha Graham
  Martha Graham
  Martha Graham was an American modern dancer and choreographer whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence Picasso had on modern visual arts, Stravinsky had on music, or Frank Lloyd Wright had on architecture.She danced and choreographed for over seventy years...
  
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The genus Phaedra, synonym of Bernardia
Bernardia
Bernardia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae....
174 Phaedra
174 Phaedra
174 Phaedra is a sizable, rocky main belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. C. Watson on September 2, 1877 and named after Phaedra, the tragic lovelorn queen in Greek mythology....

, an asteroid
Phaedra (album)
Phaedra (album)
-Personnel:* Edgar Froese – producer, Mellotron, guitar, bass, VCS 3 synthesizer, organ* Christopher Franke – Moog synthesizer, VCS 3 synthesizer* Peter Baumann – Organ, electric piano, VCS 3 synthesizer, flute-Chart performance:-References:*...

, by the electronic music group Tangerine Dream
A mysterious woman referred to in the song "Some Velvet Morning
Some Velvet Morning
"Some Velvet Morning" is a psychedelic pop song written by Lee Hazlewood and originally recorded by Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra in late 1967. It first appeared on Sinatra's album Movin' with Nancy, the soundtrack to her 1967 television special of the same name. The song has been covered many times...

" sung by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood