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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.
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. His downfall at the hands of Aphrodite is recounted by the ...
Act 4: a messenger tells Theseus that Hippolytus was torn to pieces by his own horses, and Neptune sends a sea monster, to the prayer of Theseus (1). The chorus gives an account of the fickleness of the great fortunes and perils which they face, recommends the safety of small and deplores the death of Hippolytus.
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.
Hippolytus, Phaedra and nurse, antique fresco in Herculaneum. Much of what we know about the mythology and story of Phaedra is from a collection of plays and poems. Many of these earlier sources such as Phaedra, a play by Sophocles, and Hippolytus Veiled, a play by Euripides, have been lost.
Hippolytus of Rome (/ h ə ˈ p ɑː l ɪ t ə s / hi-PAH-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 In Greek mythology , Hippolyta, or Hippolyte [ 1 ] ( / h ɪ ˈ p ɒ l ɪ t ə / ; Ancient Greek : Ἱππολύτη Hippolytē ), was a daughter of Ares and Otrera , [ 2 ] queen of the Amazons , and a sister of Antiope and Melanippe .
Euripides' tragedy Hippolytus and Seneca's Phaedra revolve around the death of Theseus' son. In Geoffrey Chaucer 's epic chivalric romance " The Knight's Tale ", one of the Canterbury Tales , Theseus is the duke of Athens, husband of Ypolita, and protector of Emelye, Ypolita's sister, for whom the two knights of Thebes, Arcite and Palamon, do ...