son of Theseus and Hippolyte; his step-mother Phœdra fell in love with him , but , on her advances being repelled , she accused him to her husband of attempts upon her chastity; the king in his rage cursed him and devoted him to destruction; whereupon he was torn to pieces by his horses; he was , however , restored to life by Æsculapius , and taken by Diana , under the name of Virbius , to the grove near Aricia , where he afterwards received divine honors
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son of Theseus and Hippolyte; his step-mother Phœdra fell in love with him , but , on her advances being repelled , she accused him to her husband of attempts upon her chastity; the king in his rage cursed him and devoted him to destruction; whereupon he was torn to pieces by his horses; he was , however , restored to life by Æsculapius , and taken by Diana , under the name of Virbius , to the grove near Aricia , where he afterwards received divine honors
son of Theseus and Hippolyte; his step-mother Phœdra fell in love with him , but , on her advances being repelled , she accused him to her husband of attempts upon her chastity; the king in his rage cursed him and devoted him to destruction; whereupon he was torn to pieces by his horses; he was , however , restored to life by Æsculapius , and taken by Diana , under the name of Virbius , to the grove near Aricia , where he afterwards received divine honors