The son of Theseus and Antiope who was falsely accused by his stepmother, Phaedra, of raping her after he had rejected her advances and who was killed by Poseidon in response to the plea of Theseus.

The legend is the subject of plays by Euripides, Seneca, and Racine.



      see Greek and Roman Mythology
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