Hippolytus is born from a kingdom already carrying unfinished business. His father is Theseus. Athens uses Theseus to explain the transition from heroic violence to civic order. His mother is either Antiope or Hippolyta, depending on which poet had stronger opinions and less editorial supervision (Plutarch, Life of Theseus 28; Apollodorus, Library 3.10.3). Either way,Continue reading “Hippolytus”
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