HIPPOLYTUS


Meaning of HIPPOLYTUS in English

/hi pol"i teuhs/ , n.

Also, Hippolytos /hi pol"i teuhs, -tos'/ . Class. Myth. 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.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .