Hippolytus
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Of “That Summer — That Fall,” based on Euripides’s tragedy Hippolytus, Mr. Gilroy later quipped, “What I learned was that a boy from the Bronx shouldn’t mess around with the Greeks.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2015
And that made him the most unattainable and romantic hero imaginable — Hippolytus, Euripides’ chaste and scornful warrior, or a Mr. Rochester for the sci-fi age.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2015
I played Hippolytus, who is supposed to be a ravishingly beautiful young man; but by the time we were reviewed, I'd become quite a large boy.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2013
Phaedra falls for Hippolytus, Theseus’ son from previous marriage.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2011
As for Phaedra, her stepson Hippolytus took no notice of her; he never noticed women.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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