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Hippolytus

deity underworld Greek single tradition · 6

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #1493 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 6 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Mythological figure from ancient Greece.

Relationships

allied with
Diana, Lawrence, Justin the Confessor
manifests as
Virbius
co occurs with
Rex Nemorensis, Thoas, Eurymedon, Agrius, Enceladus, Mimas, Eurytus, Clytius, Polybotes, Gration, Isis, Demeter, Artemis (Diana), Aphrodite, Gaia, Alcyoneus, Porphyrion, Pallas, Ephialtes
enemy of
Hermes, Poseidon
consort of
Aricia
student of
Asclepius
manifested by
Virbius
child of
Theseus, Hippolyta, Antiope

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (6)
  1. Ariccia
  2. Nemoralia
  3. Rex Nemorensis
  4. Patron saint of miners
  5. Giants (Greek mythology)
  6. Hippolytus of Athens

Source passages

“the Nemoralia celebrated a descent of Diana into the underworld in search of Hippolytus or Virbius, followed by her ascent as queen of heaven and the full moon on the third day. Scholars such as C.M. Green, James Frazer, and others have noted parallels between these feast days and have speculated that the early Catholic Church may have adapted not only the dates but the symbolism from the Nemoralia.”

#19874 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The Aricians tell a tale ... that when Hippolytus (the son of Theseus) was killed, owing to the curses of Theseus, Asclepius raised him from the dead. On coming to life again he refused to forgive his father; rejecting his prayers, he went to the Aricians in Italy.”

#19900 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The Almanac of Filocalus for 354 states that he was buried in the Catacomb of Cyriaca on the Via Tiburtina by Hippolytus and Justin the Confessor, a presbyter.”

#35736 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Hippolytus (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόλυτος, romanized: Hippolutos, lit. 'unleasher of horses'; ) in Greek mythology is the son of Theseus and an Amazon, either Hippolyta or Antiope. His downfall at the hands of Aphrodite is recounted by the playwright Euripides”

#42557 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Poseidon broke off a piece of the island of Kos called Nisyros, and threw it on top of Polybotes (Strabo also relates the story of Polybotes buried under Nisyros but adds that some say Polybotes lies under Kos instead). Hermes, wearing Hades' helmet, killed Hippolytus”

#42604 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001