Sentence:  I may add that the notion that Aphrodite is especially cruel because she destroyed <WSD>Phaedra</WSD>, who was an innocent victim, since she had no choice, is not a perception that would have been shared by the ancient audience. Not only is it at the very least arguable—in fact likely—that in ancient eyes <WSD>Phaedra</WSD> did have a choice,166 but also the very notions "innocent victim since she had no choice" and "cruel because destroying an innocent victim" are unstable cultural concepts. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The wife of Theseus, who falls in love with but is spurned by her stepson Hippolytus, then commits suicide, but is the cause of his later death (details vary between versions).