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Hippolytus is an Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides . The play was first produced for the City Dionysia of Athens in 428 BC and won first prize as part of a trilogy . In Euripides tragedy Hippolytus, he was son of Theseus, king of Athens, and the Amazon Hippolyte . Theseus queen, Phaedra, fell in love with Hippolytus . When Phaedra’s passion was revealed to him, he reacted with such revulsion that she killed herself, leaving a note accusing Hippolytus of having tried to rape her . Theseus, refusing to believe Hippolytus protestations of innocence, banished him and called down upon him one of the three curses the sea god Poseidon had given to him . Poseidon sent a sea monster that frightened Hippolytus horses until he could no longer control them . They smashed the chariot and dragged their master to death . It is based on how a series of misunderstandings and the meddling of the gods result in his death and that of his stepmother, Phaedra .