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The Death of Hippolytus, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912). In Greek mythology, Hippolytus (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόλυτος, romanized: Hippolutos, lit. 'unleasher of horses'; / h ɪ ˈ p ɒ l ɪ t ə s /) [1] is the son of Theseus and an Amazon, either Hippolyta or Antiope.
Hippolytus of Rome (/ h ə ˈ p ɑː l ɪ t ə s / hə-PAW-lit-əs, Ancient Greek: Ἱππόλυτος; Romanized: Hippólytos, c. 170 – c. 235 AD) was a Bishop of Rome and one of the most important second–third centuries Christian theologians, whose provenance, identity and corpus remain elusive to scholars and historians.
Hippolytus (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόλυτος, Hippolytos) is an Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides, based on the myth of Hippolytus, son of Theseus. The play was first produced for the City Dionysia of Athens in 428 BC and won first prize as part of a trilogy.
In the play, Hippolytus is cursed with an untimely death by his father, Theseus, for the supposed rape and subsequent suicide of Queen Phaedra, his step-mother. [42] However, Queen Phaedra commits suicide due to unwanted desire for Hippolytus (instigated by the goddess, Aphrodite) and thus, blames her death on Hippolytus. [43]
Hippolytus (Greek myth), several people; Hippolytus of Rome (c. 170–c. 235), Christian writer and saint; Hippolytus of Thebes (fl. 7th/8th century), Byzantine chronographer; Hippolytus (archbishop of Gniezno) (died c. 1027) Hippolytus, Bishop of Vác (died after 1157), Hungarian prelate
Hippolytus (Ἱππόλυτος): According to Apollodorus, he was killed by Hermes, who was wearing Hades' helmet [209] which made its wearer invisible. [ 210 ] Lion or Leon ( Λέων ): Possibly a Giant, he is mentioned by Photius (as ascribed to Ptolemy Hephaestion ) as a giant who was challenged to single combat by Heracles and killed. [ 211 ]
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Phaedra fell in love with her stepson Hippolytus. After he rejected her advances, she accused him of trying to rape her, causing Theseus to pray to Poseidon to kill Hippolytus (which Poseidon did), and then she killed herself. The story of Phaedra is told in Euripides' play Hippolytus, Seneca the Younger's Phaedra, and Ovid's Heroides.