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The daughter of king Minos and the wife of Theseus.
Phaedra fell in love with her step-son, Hippolytus and tried to seduce him but he rejected her; Phaedra hanged herself and left a letter stating that Hippolytus had forcibly seduced her; Theseus was outraged and begged Poseidon (lord of the Sea) to kill Hippolytus; Poseidon sent one of his ketos, i.e. monsters, and Hippolytus was killed.
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