Hippolytus (Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides)

Hippolytus (Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides), based on the myth of Hippolytus, son of Theseus. Plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenure, Paris, 1615. Engraving circa 1615, by Leonard Gaultier. Gaultier, or Galter, was a French engraver, born at Mainz about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641. as Hippolytus got in his chariot to leave the kingdom, a bull roared out of the sea, frightening his horses, which dashed his chariot among the rocks, dragging Hippolytus behind

1561 1615 1641 Blaise Chariot Dashed Deux Dragging Engraver Euripides Frightening Galter Gaultier Grecs Hippolytus Mainz Peinture Philostrates Platte Roared Sophistes Tableaux Theseus Vigenere

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