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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], she was the [[daughter]] of [[Minos]] and [[Pasiphae]] and [[sister]] of [[Ariadne]] and the [[Minotaur]]. Her [[romantic love|passion]] for her [[stepson]] [[Hippolytos]] [[cause-and-effect|causes]] her own [[death]] as well as the death of Hippolytos, according to [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This [[definition (general)|definition]] is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' from [[The Teaching Company]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], she was the [[daughter]] of [[Minos]] and [[Pasiphae]] and [[sister]] of [[Ariadne]] and the [[Minotaur]]. Her [[romantic love|passion]] for her [[stepson]] [[Hippolytos]] [[cause-and-effect|caused]] her own [[death]] as well as the death of Hippolytos.

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Phaedra [r]: From Greek mythology, she was the daughter of Minos and Pasiphae and sister of Ariadne and the Minotaur. Her passion for her stepson Hippolytos caused her own death as well as the death of Hippolytos.