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View Name: Hippolytos


HIPPOLYTOS

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek

Other Scripts: ‘Ιππολυτος (Ancient Greek)

Means "freer of horses" from Greek ‘ιππος (hippos) "horse" and λυω (lyo) "to loosen". In Greek legend he was the son of Theseus who was tragically loved by his stepmother Phaedra. This was also the name of a 3rd-century theologian, saint and martyr.


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