Definition of Hippolyte
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LNS
Hippolytē, Hippolytēs
Hippolyte, Hippolyta
Ἱππολύτη
noun (f., 1st Greek declension)
  1. An Amazon, daughter of Mars, taken captive in the war of the Amazons by Theseus, to whom she bore Hippolytus
  2. The wife of Acastus, king of Magnesia, who conceived a passion for Peleus, and, because she met with no return of affection from him, accused him to her husband of an attempt upon her virtue
Abbreviations
Hippolytē, ēs, and Hippolyta, ae, f., = Ἱππολύτη. An Amazon, daughter of Mars, taken captive in the war of the Amazons by Theseus, to whom she bore Hippolytus, Hyg. Fab. 30; Just. 2, 4, 23; Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 17.

— The wife of Acastus, king of Magnesia, who conceived a passion for Peleus, and, because she met with no return of affection from him, accused him to her husband of an attempt upon her virtue, Hyg. Fab. 14 med.; Hor. C. 3, 7, 18.
 
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