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Book cover of The Heroines
The HeroinesLaura Shepperson

Characters in The Heroines

3 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Phaedra

    A Cretan princess married to Theseus, isolated in the Athenian court.

Supporting characters

  • Theseus

    The famed hero and king of Athens, Phaedra's husband.

  • Hippolytus

    Theseus's son, at the center of the trial that drives the story.