Hippolytus

[ hi-pol-i-tuhs ]

noun

1. Also Hip·pol·y·tos [] Classical Mythology. 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.

Hippolytus

/ hɪˈpɒlɪtəs /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• Hipˈpolytan, adjective

Example Sentences

“Father,” Hippolytus answered, “I have no skill in speaking and there is no witness to my innocence. The only one is dead. All I can do is to swear by Zeus above that I never touched your wife, never desired to, never gave her a thought. May I die in wretchedness if I am guilty.”

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Hippolytus went, but not into exile; death was waiting close at hand for him too.

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As Theseus listened, overwhelmed by this sum of terrible events, Hippolytus still breathing was carried in.

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Hippolytus turned his eyes from her radiance to Theseus brokenhearted.

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She vanished from sight, but Hippolytus, too, was gone.

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