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Phaedra complex

Phaedra complex

the incestuous love of a stepmother for her stepson. The name derives from the Greek myth of Phaedra, wife of Theseus. When her stepson, Hippolytus, rejected her love, Phaedra accused him of violating her and hanged herself.

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