Hippolytus · Atlas

in the texts

OrationsImperial · Greek

Son of Theseus and of Poseidon, killed by his father through slander

Theseus killed Hippolytus, though he was his father and the son of Poseidon, persuaded by slanders, having cursed him.

And Hippolytus had self-control, but whether courage was present is unclear;

And further, of the men of old we hear that none of the most eminent came far in life—Patroclus and Antilochus, and besides Sarpedon and Memnon and Achilles and Hippolytus;

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HippolytusClassical · Greek

Son of Theseus and the Amazon queen, devoted huntsman-follower of Artemis who scorns Aphrodite and marriage; becomes the unwitting object of Phaedra's passion and reacts with horror and misogynistic fury.

for that son of Theseus, born of the Amazon, Hippolytus, whom holy Pittheus taught, alone of all the dwellers in this land of Troezen, calls me vilest of the deities.

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’Tis the son of the horse-loving Amazon who calls, Hippolytus, uttering foul curses on my servant.

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I see the son of Theseus coming hither—Hippolytus, fresh from the labours of the chase.

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Tusculan DisputationsHellenistic · Latin

Mythological figure known for hatred of women, cited as the paradigm example of that aversion.

and likewise are defined both a hatred of women, as of Hippolytus, and, as of Timon, of the human race.

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