Hippolytus

American  

[hi-pol-i-tuhs] / hɪˈpɒl ɪ təs /

noun

1. Classical Mythology. Also Hippolytos the son of Theseus who was falsely accused by his stepmother, Phaedra, of raping her after he had rejected her advances and who was killed by Poseidon in response to the plea of Theseus.

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Hippolytus British  

/ hɪˈpɒlɪtəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a son of Theseus, killed after his stepmother Phaedra falsely accused him of raping her

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Other Word Forms

• Hippolytan adjective

Example Sentences

Euripides, whom Aristotle called “the most tragic of the poets,” returns to the figure of the grief-stricken parent in “Hecuba,” “Hippolytus” and “The Bacchae,” to cite just a few disparate examples of characters brought to their knees by the death of their child.

From Los Angeles Times

He had sent Hippolytus away while still a young child to be brought up in the southern city where Theseus had spent his own youth.

From Literature

As for Phaedra, her stepson Hippolytus took no notice of her; he never noticed women.

From Literature

She was angry at Hippolytus and determined to punish him to the utmost.

From Literature

With only one thought in her mind, to save her mistress, she went straight to Hippolytus.

From Literature