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The most common legend regarding Hippolytus states that he was killed after rejecting the advances of Phaedra, his stepmother, the second wife of Theseus. Spurned, Phaedra deceived Theseus saying that his son had raped her. Theseus, furious, used one of the three wishes given to him by Poseidon to curse Hippolytus. Poseidon sent a sea-monster-or, alternatively, Dionysus sent a wild bull-to terrorize Hippolytus's horses, who dragged their rider to his death.

After his death Artemis asked Asclepius to resurrect the young man since he had vowed chastity to her. He became Virbius or Virbio and lived in the forests of Ariccia; or married a goddess named Aricia.

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