4/27/2023 0 Comments Phaedra family treeThe rejected Phaedra then told Theseus, or wrote a letter, claiming that Hippolytus had raped her, or attempted to rape her. Others though tell of how Phaedra tried to seduce Hippolytus, but was rejected, for Hippolytus was a chaste follower of Artemis, who potentially had a hatred of women. Some say that Phaedra then committed suicide to avoid the potential disgrace. Some say that Phaedra was content just to spy upon Hippolytus, and to keep her love a secret, Phaedra’s secret though would be revealed when Phaedra’s nurse told Hippolytus. There is then some disagreement about what Phaedra did when she was in love with Hippolytus. Some say this was simply due a natural attraction, and some say that it was a curse placed on Phaedra by Aphrodite. Phaedra though, would fall in love with her stepson. Hippolytus would reside in Troezen, the city of Theseus’ birth, where Theseus’ grandfather, Pittheus, was grooming Hippolytus as the future king of Troezen. Theseus though, had other children, including Hippolytus, the son of Theseus born to the Amazon, Hippolyta (or Antiope).
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