Hippolytus

Hippolytus in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Hippolytus (Greek Ἱππόλυτος meaning "looser of horses"[1]) was a son of Theseus and either Antiope or Hippolyte. He was identified with the Roman forest god Virbius. The most common legend regarding Hippolytus states that he was killed after rejecting the advances of Phaedra, the second wife of Theseus and Hippolytus's step...

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Hippolytus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*(Ippo/lutos). 1. One of the giants who was killed by Hermes. (Apollod. 1.6.2.) 2. A son of Theseus by Hippolyte or Antiope. (Schol. ad Aristoph. Ran. 873; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 449, 1329, 1332; Eurip. Hippol.) After the death of the Amazon, Theseus married Phaedra, who fell desperately in love with Hippolytus; but as the passion was not responde...

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