Hippolytus of Athens

Cursed by Aphrodite, Phaedra falls so ardently in love with Hippolytus that she becomes physically ill and decides to end her suffering through suicide.

In despair, and not wanting to admit the true reason for ending her life, she hangs herself and leaves a note for Theseus accusing his son, Hippolytus, of raping her.

Poseidon sends a sea-monster to terrorize Hippolytus' chariot horses, which become uncontrollable and hurl their master out of the vehicle.

Artemis comforts the dying Hippolytus with a promise to make him the subject of religious practice so that his memory will live forever.

She assigns a band of Trozenian maidens the task of preserving the story of Phaedra and Hippolytus in a ritual song.

[6] Versions of this story also appear in Seneca the Younger's play Phaedra, Ovid's Metamorphoses and Heroides, and Jean Racine's Phèdre.

[6] Hippolytus was resuscitated by Asclepius; once revived he refused to forgive Theseus, went to Italy, became the king of the Aricians, and named a city after Artemis.