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  Hippolytus (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Greek mythology, Hippolytus ("loose horse") was a son of Theseus and either Antiope or Hippolyte.
Theseus believed her and, using one of the three wishes he had received from Poseidon, cursed Hippolytus; Hippolytus' horses were frightened by a sea monster and dragged their rider to his death.
Hippolytus for details on the figure of Hippolytus and a classicist's philological study of the evolution of Hippolytus as a chastity paradigm in Euripides, Seneca, Racine; extensive bibliography (in Dutch)
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 Phaedra, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
For Hippolytus 4 lived at Troezen, where he was being reared by Pittheus, since Theseus neither wished him to be the subject of his children by Phaedra nor king in their stead.
Hippolytus 4 was so upset when he heard the accusation that he lost control over the chariot he was driving—which was smashed to bits —, being himself entangled in the thongs and dragged along to death.
For when Hippolytus 4 left Troezen and was in his way to Argos, the bull appeared that Poseidon sent from the waves, causing the horses of his chariot to be seized by terror, and the driver—tangled in the reins—, to be dashed against the rocks.
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 [ thex.info ] Love & Mythology
Hippolytus, the son of Theseus and Antiope, falls for Artemis, the virgin goddess of the hunt, and shuns Aphrodite, the goddess of love.
Hippolytus had promised he would not reveal who told him about his stepmother's desire, and Theseus, angered by his son's refusal to confess, asked Poseidon to punish his son.
The tale of Hippolytus, Aphrodite and Phaedra is one example of love in excess, she said.
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 Dictionary of Greek & Roman Mythology
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Hippolytus In Greek mythology, Hippolytus was the son of Theseus.
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 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).
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 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.
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 The Probert Encyclopaedia - Greek &. Roman Mythology (N-Z)
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 MythNET - Theseus
Hippolytus grew up to be a great hunter and a strong man who despised people who lived in luxury and people who were silly enough to fall in love.
Hippolytus took no notice of his stepmother, but Phaedra fell deeply in love with her stepson.
Hippolytus did not see her and continued on with the conversation saying that he would never love any woman and that he would not enter the house again unless his father was present there.
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 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.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Hippolytus
Hippolytus In Greek mythology, son of Theseus and Hippolyta.
Phaedra In Greek mythology, the daughter of Minos and the wife of Theseus.
The first was Hippolytus (217–35), a Trinitarian heretic and rival of Calixtus I. The most famous were the Avignon popes, who rivalled those of Rome during the...
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 A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hippolytus was a man of whose learning the whole Roman church must have been proud; he was of undoubted piety, and of courage which he proved in his good confession afterwards.
Hippolytus also teaches that it was only at the Incarnation that He Who before was the Logos properly became Son, though previously He might be called Son in reference to what He was to be.
It has been supposed that CAIUS was the writer, replied to by Hippolytus, who ascribes the Apocalypse and the Gospel to Cerinthus; but the arguments for supposing that Caius rejected the Apocalypse are inconclusive, and it is highly improbable that he, an orthodox member of the Roman church, rejected the Gospel of St. John.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 490 (v. 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hippol.) After the death of the Amazon, Theseus married Phaedra, who fell desperately in love with Hippolytus; but as the passion was not responded to by the step­son, she brought accusations against him before Theseus, as if he had made improper proposals to her.
Asclepius restored Hippolytus to life again, and, according to Italian traditions, Artemis placed him, under the name of Virbius, under the protec­tion of the nymph Egeria, in the grove of Aricia, in Latium, where,he was honoured with divine worship.
Photius says that Hip­polytus was an intimate friend and admirer of Origen, whom he induced to become a comment­ator on the Scriptures, and for whose use he main­tained at his own cost seven amanuenses or clerks, to write from his dictation, raxvypaQoi, and as
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 Bulfinch Mythology Chapter 20   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Phaedra saw in Hippolytus, the son of Theseus, a youth endowed with all the graces and virtues of his father, and of an age corresponding to her own.
As Hippolytus was one day driving his chariot along the shore, a sea-monster raised himself above the waters, and frightened the horses so that they ran away and dashed the chariot to pieces.
Diana removed Hippolytus from the power of his deluded father and false stepmother, and placed him in Italy under the protection of the nymph Egeria.
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In Greek mythology, Acrisius was a son of Abas and the twin brother of Proetus with whom he quarrelled even in the womb.
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In Greek mythology, Proetus was a son of Abas and the twin brother of Acrisius.
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 Hippolyte (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hippolyte or Hippolyta, an Amazon queen whose girdle is the object of one of the labours of Herakles
Hippolytus, a son of Theseus and either Antiope or of queen Hippolyte/Hippolyta (see above)
Saint Hippolytus, a writer and the first antipope of the Roman Catholic Church
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 Bulfinch's Mythology, The Age of Fable - Chapter 20: Theseus, Daedalus, Castor and Pollux
Phaedra saw in Hippolytus, the son of Theseus, a youth endowed with all the graces and virtues of his father, and of an age corresponding to her own.
As Hippolytus was one day driving his chariot along the shore, a sea-monster raised himself above the waters, and frightened the horses so that they ran away and dashed the chariot to pieces.
Diana (Artemis) removed Hippolytus from the power of his deluded father and false stepmother, and placed him in Italy under the protection of the nymph Egeria.
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 Hippolytus — FactMonster.com
Hippolytus - Hippolytus Hippolytus, in Greek mythology, son of Theseus and Antiope (or Hippolyte).
Hippolytus - Hippolytus the cardinal to whom Ariosto dedicated his Orlando Furioso.
Phaedra - Phaedra Phaedra, in Greek mythology, daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë.
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 Characters of Greek Mythology - Heroes - Theseus
Theseus ruled over Athens after his father's death and became known as an evil and cruel man. But he is credited with having began the first city-states as he joined all the communities of Attica into one state.
Hippolytus was exiled, and Theseus never discovered the truth because his son died in a chariot accident.
Characters of Greek Mythology was established in June 1998 by Tonya James
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Hippolytus, deaf to advice, persists in ignoring the goddess, and therein lies his offense.
Hippolytus, the bastard son of THESEUS and the queen of the Amazons, honors only the goddess...
Hippolytus and The Bacchae, he explores the psyche of men attempting to deny a natural life-force such as sexuality or emotional...
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 Hippolytus Paper Assignment
The first question you should consider is whether Hippolytus deserves the title of "hero." There are several ways in which to approach this issue, involving different interpretive methods.
These same paradigms might be used to analyze the myth of Hippolytus since this myth is in fact just a variant of the story of Oedipus.
Here we have the inverse of Oedipus' story: note that here the father kills the son instead of the son killing the father, that the son does NOT sleep with the mother, although he is accused of doing so, and that in both stories the mother commits suicide.
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 The Probert Encyclopaedia - Greek &. Roman Mythology (A-M)
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 Theseus
Hippolytus was the son of Theseus by the Amazon Antiope or Hippolyta.
Hippolytus was a hunter, who worshipped the goddess Artemis and ignored the love-goddess Aphrodite.
To punish Hippolytus for his neglect to honour her, Aphrodite caused Phaedra to fall madly in love with her stepson.
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 Hippolytus, Greece, Greek mythology
When refused, Phaedra comitted suicide, leaving a message behind accusing Hippolytus for trying to rape her.
Theseus then had his father Poseidon punish him by sending a monster that frightened the horses that were pulling his chariot.
Hippolytus was killed, but reconciled with his father before he died, since Artemis had told Theseus the truth.
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 Hippolytus, Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Perhaps due to Montanist leanings, he fell into dispute with Popes Zephyrinus and Calixtus I, accusing them of laxness on the question of heresy and of leniency with lapsed Christians; they in turn rejected his doctrine of the Trinity.
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.
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 Amazon.com: Euripides: Children of Heracles. Hippolytus. Andromache. Hecuba (Loeb Classical Library No. 484): Books: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hippolytus triumphed in the Athenian dramatic competition of 428 BC; in modern times it has been judged to be one of Euripides' masterpieces.
"Hippolytus" opens with Aphrodite declaring her power over all mankind and her intention to ruin Hippolytus, the son of Theseus because he alone has had the audacity to scorn love.
Ironically, despite the tragic fate that awaits him, Hippolytus is not a sympathetic figure since his devotion to Artemis does not require him to spurn the ways of love and an Athenian audience would not look kindly upon him as a martyr to the idea of chastity.
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In a colorful close to his mythology course each spring, McDonough has members of the class present their own interpretations of scenes from Greek tragedies.
While the youthful Hippolytus is blameless in the affair, a grieving Theseus prays to the sea god, Poseidon, to kill his son.
In presenting "Hippolytus" with a "Godfather" spin, Tynan said, he was struck by the timelessness of the themes presented by the playwrights of ancient Greece.
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