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  Hippolytus (writer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hippolytus must have been born in the second half of the 2nd century, probably in Rome.
Hippolytus and Pontius, who was then bishop, were transported in 235 to Sardinia, where it would seem that both of them died.
It was the statue of Hippolytus, a work at any rate of the 3rd century; at the time of Pius IX, it was placed in the Lateran Museum, a record in stone of a lost tradition.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hippolytus_(writer)   (1182 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Hippolytus of Rome
Hippolytus was a presbyter of the Church of Rome at the beginning of the third century.
For this Hippolytus gravely censured him, representing him as an incompetent man, unworthy to rule the Church of Rome and as a tool in the hands of the ambitious and intriguing deacon Callistus, whose early life is maliciously depicted (Philosophumena, IX, xi-xii).
Hippolytus also produced an Easter cycle, as well as a chronicle of the world which was made use of by later chroniclers.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07360c.htm   (1855 words)

  
 Hippolytus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Greek mythology, Hippolytus was a son of Theseus and either Antiope or Hippolyte.
Hippolytus is the title of a tragedy by Euripides based on the myth.
Hippolytus was a writer and the first antipope of the Roman Catholic Church.
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 Hippolytus (writer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hippolytus, was a writer of the early Church.
He accused the bishop of favouring the Christological heresies of the, and, further, of subverting the discipline of the Church by his lax action in receiving back into the Church those guilty of gross offences.
It was the statue of Hippolytus, a work at any rate of the 3rd century; at the time of Pius IX, it was placed in the, a record in stone of a lost tradition.
www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Antipope_Hippolytus   (1149 words)

  
 HIPPOLYTUS (PLAY) FACTS AND INFORMATION
''Hippolytus Bearer of the Garland'', or ''Hippolytos Stephanephoros'', or ''Hippolytus with a garland''
Hippolytus appears bearing a garland (hence the title given by ancient scholars) with his followers, and shows reverence to a statue of Artemis.
Hippolytus in Euripides, Seneca and Racine for a philological study of the evolution of Hippolytus as chastity paradigm (in Dutch)
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 Sts. Pontian and Hippolytus - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
As a presbyter in Rome, Hippolytus (the name means “a horse turned loose”) was at first “holier than the Church.” He censured the pope for not coming down hard enough on a certain heresy—calling him a tool in the hands of one Callistus, a deacon—and coming close to advocating the opposite heresy himself.
Hippolytus was a rigorist, a vehement and intransigent man for whom even orthodox doctrine and practice were not purified enough.
Hippolytus was a strong defender of orthodoxy, and admitted his excesses by his humble reconciliation.
www.americancatholic.org /Features/SaintOfDay?id=1106   (673 words)

  
 Hippolytus
Hippolytus was the son of Theseus (the great Athenian hero) and Hippolyta, his mother, was queen of the Amazons.
Hippolytus was a hero, his cult which was associated with the goddess of beauty and love, Aphrodite, shared a shrine at Athens, on the Acropolis.
Hippolytus was restored to life by Asclepius and lived since then in a holy forest near Aricia (Latium), where he was worshipped under the name of Virbius (Virgil VII, 765).
www.pantheon.org /articles/h/hippolytus.html   (355 words)

  
 THE CANONS OF HIPPOLYTUS - LoveToKnow Article on THE CANONS OF HIPPOLYTUS
The book is attributed to Hippolytus, the chief of the bishops of Rome, and is divided into thirty-eight canons, to which short headings are prefixed.
There is evidence to show that Hippolytus was highly reverenced throughout the East: his writings, which were in Greek, were known, but his history was entirely unknown.
The fact that Hippolytus wrote a treatise Concerning Spiritual Gifts, and that some such treatise is not only referred to in the Latin preface to the Egyptian Church Order, but is actuallyfound at the beginning of book viii.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HI/HIPPOLYTUS_THE_CANONS_OF.htm   (1755 words)

  
 Hippolytus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hippolytus is sworn against love and marriage (as his Amazonian mother had renounced men).
Hippolytus enters and refuses to honor the love goddess; he is instead a devotee to Artemis the chaste.
Hippolytus' broken body is brought forth for a death scene with daddy.
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 Hippolytus, Saint on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hippolytus withdrew from the Roman Church and with a small band of followers set himself up as pope.
The ancient tradition of a St. Hippolytus who was torn apart by wild horses seems to refer to an earlier martyr.
Hippolytus and the Apostolic Tradition: recent research and commentary.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/h/hippols1t.asp   (385 words)

  
 KTEH's Ode to Phaedra Program Information
Hippolytus, meanwhile, has been a winner at the Olympian Games and is being honored in a celebration of song and dance.
Hippolytus' is aroused and they kiss, each lost in unexpected passion.
Unaware of the turn of events, Hippolytus and his friends enter the scene and are shocked by what has happened.
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 Monologue text from Hippolytus
The tragedy of Hippolytus by Euripides is par excellance a hymn to purity.
Hippolytus the son of Theseus and amazone's Hippolyte, lives an immaculate life consecrated to the virgin goddess Artemis.
Hippolytus, knowing the futility of further arguments, mounts his chariot to drive along the seashore until he shall reach his father's boundaries.
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 Hippolytus, U. of Saskatchewan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hippolytus was the son of the Athenian king, Theseus, and the Amazon queen Antiope (or Hippolyte or Melanippe — the traditions vary on this and other points to follow).
Notice the difference in the plots and themes of Oedipus and Hippolytus: the one focuses on humankind's relation to the gods, the nature of human knowledge, the question of human freedom; the other examines the plight of a woman overwhelmed by an incestuous love for her step-son.
In political contexts, for example, it often refers to a willingness to defer to authority, to "know one's place." In reference to moral behavior it frequently indicates sexual purity or "chastity" (that is, abstinence or — in the case, e.g., of a married woman — restricting oneself to lawful sexual relations with one's husband).
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 Hippolytus
Hippolytus goes into the palace, followed by all the attendants except the leader, who prays before the statue of Aphrodite.
Hippolytus is no more, to speak just a word [epos]; although he still sees the light of day, he is in a slender balance.
Then Hippolytus himself came to us on the beach with the same tearful song, and with him was a countless throng of philoi, who followed after.
www.uh.edu /~cldue/texts/hippolytus.html   (10725 words)

  
 Phaedra
The young Hippolytus, however, angered Aphrodite by shunning her worship and devoting himself entirely to Artemis, the virgin goddess of the hunt.
Hippolytus learns of Phaedra's desire for him through Phaedra's nurse and launches into a fierce denunciation of women -- a locus classicus for misogyny.
Hippolytus died as Poseidon's bull emerged from the sea frightened his horses.
www.pantheon.org /articles/p/phaedra.html   (385 words)

  
 National Catholic Reporter: Disputed elections of a rather nasty sort - election of bishop in Ancient Rome - Brief ...
Hippolytus, however, a presbyter of the Roman church, insisted that the Father and Son must be separate persons and yet one God.
Hippolytus' sensibilities were further offended when Callistus not only offered reconciliation to those who had fallen into sin after baptism, but even recognized marriages between upper class women and men of lower social status.
Hippolytus, on the other hand, is considered one of the most important contributors not only to the liturgy, but also to the orthodox understanding of the Trinity.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1141/is_7_37/ai_68364214   (1029 words)

  
 Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. V   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hippolytus is the author of a work called the Little Labyrinth, which, like the recently discovered Philosophumena, attributes to the Roman See anything but the "infallibility" which the quotation from Irenaeus is so ingeniously wrested to sustain.
Thus the mode of Hippolytus' death is stated by Prudentius to have been identical with that of Hippolytus the son of Theseus, who was torn limb from limb by being tied to wild horses.
Hippolytus, however, is known on historical testimony to have been thrown into a canal and drowned; but whether the scene of his martyrdom its Sardinia, to which he undoubtedly banished along with the Roman bishop Pontianus, or Rome, or Portus, has not as yet been definitively proved.
www.ccel.org /fathers2/ANF-05/anf05-04.htm   (2598 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sts. Hippolytus
Hippolytus of Rome, others of the name are mentioned in the old martyrologies and legends of martyrs as having shed their blood for the Faith.
Another Hippolytus is likewise found among a group of martyrs described as "Greek martyrs" (martyres groeci), whose burial place was venerated in the catacomb of Callistus.
Furthermore the bishop and martyr Hippolytus of Porto is commemorated on 22 August in the Roman Martyrology.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07362a.htm   (367 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Hippolytus (Folklore And Mythology) - Encyclopedia
Hippolytus, in Greek mythology, son of Theseus and Antiope (or Hippolyte).
Because Hippolytus worshiped only Artemis, the jealous Aphrodite punished him by causing his stepmother to fall in love with him.
Poseidon frightened Hippolytus' horses, and he was dragged to his death.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/Hippolmyth.html   (208 words)

  
 Hippolytus Study Guide
Theseus kidnapped her from the land of the Amazons, which was supposed to be in the region south of the Black Sea.
The Hippolytus is set at Trozen, which is the hometown of Pittheus and the birthplace of Theseus.
Hippolytus was born in Athens, but grew up in Trozen.
www3.baylor.edu /~John_Thorburn/hippolytus.html   (3130 words)

  
 The Trojan Women and Hippolytus (Dover Thrift Editions)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
"Hippolytus" opens with Aphrodite declaring her power over all mankind and her intention to ruin Hippolytus, the son of Theseus and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, because he alone has had the audacity to scorn love.
In this regards "Hippolytus" is similar to "Medea." The latter dealt with how the Greeks in general and the Athenians in particular viewed foreigners, while the former deals with the stigma of illegitimacy.
After all, Hippolytus is the bastard son of Theseus and the Queen of the Amazons.
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 CliffsNotes::Phaedra:Book Summary and Study Guide
Hippolytus decides to investigate the rumor and to fight against Phaedra's claim to the throne and in defense of Aricia's rights.
When Hippolytus appears, Theseus wonders indignantly at his son's innocent appearance and greets him with immoderate accusations, culminating in a prayer to Neptune for revenge.
Hippolytus, out of filial consideration, defends himself by pointing out his reputation for virtue and reminding Theseus of Phaedra's ancestry, and by confessing his love for Aricia.
www.cliffsnotes.com /WileyCDA/LitNote/id-142,pageNum-3.html   (665 words)

  
 The Ecole Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The martyrdom of Hippolytus and Pontianus is celebrated on the 13th of August.
Hippolytus, who wrote in Greek, was one of the most prolific writers of the early Western Church.
This statue, showing Hippolytus sitting on a chair, was found in Rome in the 16th century and underwent heavy restoration.
www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/hippolytus.html   (370 words)

  
 Hippolytus by Euripides
Aphrodite seems to be jealous of Artemis because Hippolytus worships Artemis as the greatest of all gods, while he tends to shy away from worshipping Aphrodite (10-16).
Aphrodite certainly is happy that Hippolytus suffered and died through her own actions, and that she causes Theseus to suffer as well by taking his son away.
Artemis, however, is saddened by the loss of Hippolytus: "You and I are the chief sufferers Theseus." (1337) Because of this, she vows to avenge Hippolytus' death, and also tells him that he will not be forgotten by future generations of Greeks, that his name will live on in glory.
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 Euripides, Hippolytus
In 408 or 407 he left Athens and went to Macedonia, at the invitation of King Archelaus, where he died in 406; he was buried at Arethusa in Macedonia.
Th calls him corrupt and double-dealing Hippolytus defends his own character, but is only on the point of revealing what he knows (from Phaedra and the Nurse) when a sense of honor restrains him.
Hippolytus is brought in, and he and Artemis converse.
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HIPPOLYTUS (speaking) For thee, O mistress mine, I bring this woven wreath, culled from a virgin meadow, where nor shepherd dares to herd his flock nor ever scythe hath mown, but o'er the mead unshorn the bee doth wing its way in spring; and with the dew from rivers drawn purity that garden tends.
HIPPOLYTUS Father, thy wrath and the tension of thy mind are terrible; yet this charge, specious though its arguments appear, becomes a calumny, if one lay it bare.
HIPPOLYTUS Ah me! now know I the goddess who destroyed me. ARTEMIS She was jealous of her slighted honour, vexed at thy chaste life.
classics.mit.edu /Euripides/hippolytus.pl.txt   (10331 words)

  
 Euripides, Hippolytus
She is consumed with shame at the fact that her thoughts wander to Hippolytus; she hopes for a swift death.
Hippolytus defends his own character, but is only on the point of revealing what he knows (from Phaedra and the Nurse) when a sense of honor restrains him.
A Friend of Hippolytus enters, and reports the news of Hippolytus' accident: tidal wave, sea monster, chariot crash.
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 Hippolytus
Hippolytus, deaf to advice, persists in ignoring the goddess, and therein lies his offense.
He sees the corpse, and in its hand a letter which represents Hippolytus as the cause of the bloody deed; at once there comes to his lips the fatal wish for his son's death.
Very skillful is the delineation of the unhappy Phaedra's unavailing struggle with passion, and the shame with which she at length suffers the decisive word to pass her lips.
www.theatrehistory.com /ancient/bates020.html   (1010 words)

  
 biography and quotes of Hippolytus with pictures and bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Of the historical Hippolytus little remained in the memory of after ages.
It was the statue of Hippolytus, a work at any rate of the 3rd century; at the time of Pius IX.
It is nowadays universally admitted that Hippolytus was the author, and that Books i.
www.onelittleangel.com /wisdom/quotes/hippolytus.asp   (985 words)

  
 Did Tertullian really exist? Did Cyprian? Did Hippolytus?
Hippolytus (Heraclius) was also banished to the same island.
Hippolytus’ invectives against Callistus in Philosophumena were such that a quick discovery that they patched things up between them with a hug in Sardinia was inconceivable.
According to Hippolytus, his shrewd opponent accused someone appearing under the name of Sabellius of teaching unsound doctrines, when he was the worse one of the two.
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