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Hippolytus
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Portrait of Plato (ca. 428- ca. 348 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher.
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Hippolytos
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Hippolytus

play by Euripides
Also known as: “Hippolytos”
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Hippolytus, play by Euripides, performed in 428 bce. The action concerns the revenge of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and sexual desire, on Hippolytus, a hunter and sportsman who is repelled by sexual passion and who is instead devoted to the virgin huntress Artemis.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper.