Young Phaedra could not even imagine that by the will of the gods she would end up as the wife of Theseus, the king of Athens, instead of her sister Ariadne. Naive and inexperienced, at first she resigns herself to her fate: to be invisible at the court of her much older husband and to endure rudeness from his stepson Hippolytus. But when Hippolytus attacks and takes her by force, Phaedra refuses to remain silent and challenges him to trial. Phaedra is a foreigner with a tarnished reputation. Hippolytus is a paragon of honor and virtue who swore allegiance to the goddess Artemis. Who will be the victim? And who will be punished? Now the fates of Phaedra and Hippolytus are in the power of the great men of Athens, and only women understand how slippery the truth can be in selfish hands. Who is this book for? For fans of Greek retellings and mythology. For those who like to read stories about strong women who challenged society for the sake of finding justice. For fans of the novels “The Song of Achilles” and “Circe” by Madeleine Miller, “The Silence of the Girls” by Pat Barker, “A Thousand Ships” by Natalie Haynes, “Ariadne” by Jennifer Saint. Published in Russian for the first time.