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The illegitimate son of Theseus and the Amazon queen, Hippolyte.
Hippolytus was a young man of purity and devoted to the goddess of the Hunt, Artemis; despite (or because of) his purity, Theseus’ wife, Phaedra, tried to seduce Hippolytus but he rejected her; Phaedra hanged herself and left a letter stating that Hippolytus had forcibly seduced her; Theseus was outraged and begged Poseidon (lord of the Sea) to kill Hippolytus; Poseidon sent one of his ketos, i.e. sea monsters; Hippolytus was killed when the ketos frightened his chariot horses and he was thrown to his death.
In some versions of the story, Artemis begged the healer, Asklepios (Asclepius), to restore Hippolytus to life; Asklepios, as the son of Apollon, reanimated Hippolytus but Zeus was outraged and killed Asklepios with a thunderbolt.
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