Hippolytus

Hippolytus may refer to:

In Greek mythology

• Hippolytus (son of Theseus), the subject of the plays and opera below
• Hippolytus, son of Aegyptus, killed by the Danaid Rhode
• Hippolytus, one of the Gigantes, slain by Hermes
• Hippolytus, a lover of Aegiale (wife of Diomedes)
• Hippolytus, father of Deiphobus of Amyclae (the one who cleansed Heracles for the murder of Iphitus)
• Hippolytus, successor to Zeuxippus as king of Sicyon, son of Rhopalus, grandson of Phaestus and father of Lacestades
• Hippolytus, beloved of Apollo

Historical figures

• Hippolytus of Rome (died 235), Christian writer and saint
• Hippolytus of Thebes, Byzantine chronographer
• Saint Hippolytus, one of several possible saints of that name

Literary works based on the Greek myth

• Hippolytus (play), a tragedy by Euripides
• Phaedra (Seneca), sometimes known as Hippolytus, play by Seneca the Younger
• A character in Jean Racine's play Phèdre

Operas

• Hippolytus and Aricia by Jean-Philippe Rameau

Institutions/Organisations

• Hippolytus a Greek non profit organisation for the preservation and cultural promotion of the Skyros Pony.