Phaedra, Cretan princess and wife of Theseus, king of Athens

Phaedra, Cretan princess, daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, sister of Ariadne, and wife of Theseus, king of Athens. Head of a woman with her hair tied up in a simple band from a bronze medal. Fedra. Copperplate engraving by Etienne Picart after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio de'Lazari, Rome, 1699

1699 17th Century Ariadne Classical Mythology Cretan Crete Etienne Picart Fedra Filososi Giovanni Angelo Canini Greek Myth Heroine Iconografia Ignatio Delazari Minos Orator Pasiphae Phaedra Poeti Ed Oratori Dell Antichita Regi Roman Myth Theseus

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