Phaedra, ae, f., = Φαίδρα,
the daughter of king Minos , of Crete , sister of Ariadne and wife of Theseus; she slew herself for hopeless love of Hippolytus , Verg. A. 6, 445; Ov. A. A. 1, 511; id. H. 4, 74; Sen. Hippol. 434; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 14; Hyg. Fab. 47; 243.