Phaedra may refer to:

Mythology

Phaedra (mythology) In Greek mythology, Phaedra ( grc, Φαίδρα, ) (or Fedra) was a Cretan princess. Her name derives from the Greek word (), which means "bright". According to legend, she was the daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, and the wife of Theseus. Pha ...

, Cretan princess, daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, wife of Theseus

Arts and entertainment

* ''Phaedra'' (Alexandre Cabanel), an 1880 painting

Film

* ''Phaedra'' (film), a 1962 film by Jules Dassin based on the Phaedra myth *

Phaedra Cinema Phaedra Cinema was a United States distributor of independent and international films. The company was created by filmmaker Gregory Hatanaka in 1996 and its first release was the comedy ''Sudden Manhattan'', directed by and starring Adrienne Shel ...

, a distributor of films in the USA of the late 20th century

Music

* ''Phaedra'' (album) (1974), by the electronic music group Tangerine Dream ** ''

Phaedra 2005 ''Phaedra 2005'' is the ninety-first release by Tangerine Dream. It is a re-recording of their 1974 album ''Phaedra''. Track listing Personnel * Edgar Froese— composer, musician, producer * Thorsten Quaeschning— musician (flute) on ''Seque ...

'', a later album by Tangerine Dream * ''Phaedra'' (cantata), a cantata by Benjamin Britten based on the Phaedra myth * Phaedra, a mysterious woman referred to in the song "

Some Velvet Morning "Some Velvet Morning" is a song written by Lee Hazlewood and originally recorded by Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra in late 1967. It first appeared on Sinatra's album '' Movin' with Nancy,'' the soundtrack to her 1967 television special of the same ...

" sung by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood * ''Phaedra'' (opera), an opera by Hans Werner Henze based on the Phaedra myth * Phaedra (Phèdre), a character in the opera ''

Hippolytus and Aricia ('' Hippolytus and Aricia'') was the first opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau. It was premiered to great controversy by the Académie Royale de Musique at its theatre in the Palais-Royal in Paris on October 1, 1733. The French libretto, by Abbé S ...

'' by Jean-Philippe Rameau *

Phaedra (CD label) Phaedra is a CD label whose aim it is "to publish works written between 1830 and the present by Flemish (and occasionally Belgian) composers, and to promote them world-wide". The label used to be a subdivision of "Klassieke Concerten vzw" and was ...

, an independent classical CD-label, publishing Belgian and especially Flemish music

Plays

* ''Phaedra'' (Seneca), a play by Seneca the Younger * ''

Phèdre ''Phèdre'' (; originally ''Phèdre et Hippolyte'') is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. Composition and premiere With ...

, play by Jean Racine

People

* Phaedra Parks, cast member on ''

The Real Housewives of Atlanta ''The Real Housewives of Atlanta'' (abbreviated ''RHOA'') is an American reality television series that premiered on Bravo on October 7, 2008. Developed as the third installment of ''The Real Housewives'' franchise, it has aired fourteen season ...

'' *

Phaedra Nicolaidis Phaedra Nicolaidis is an Australian actress, who has appeared in television, film and theatre roles. Phaedra graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 2004. Television Cred ...

, Australian actress

Science

* 174 Phaedra, an asteroid * ''Phaedra'', synonym of '' Bernardia'', a plant genus * ''Phaedra'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus