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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Hippolytos

Son of Theseus (2 syl.), King of Athens. He was dragged to death by wild horses, and restored to life by Esculapios.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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