Some Red Pill Truth in Euripidies Hippolytus

[Diamond DogParticipant 142]

So about a few months ago when I began to really devour Mgtow content, I came across this Greek tragedy. As I read through it I realized that what happens to the main character Hippolytus can be compared with today’s climate of false accusations. The characters that are most essential in this play would be Hippolytus, Aphrodite, and Artemis. In my opinion the addition of Artemis and Aphrodite adds an interesting dynamic to the story. These two goddesses are complete opposites. Artemis being known for her eternal chastity and Aphrodite being known as the goddess of love. Please note if you don’t want the ending spoiled just click on the link below. If you want my cliff notes version just keep reading my post.

https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Greek/Hippolytus.php

Anyway to summarize the play begins with Aphrodite being p~~~ed at Hippolytus for his disrespect to her. Hippolytus spurns her but honors Artemis. This guy would be considered a monk considered he wasn’t interested in pussy. So Aphrodite wanting revenge makes Phaedra who was Theseus’s wife and Hippolytus’s step mother to fall madly in love with Hippolytus who’s was Theseus’s son.

As much as Phaedra tried to hide her love from him, her nurse picked up on it. Phaedra confessed her love for him and the nurse decided to confront Hippolytus with this information. Before telling him though she had him swear that he would not tell Theseus. Hippolytus was furious with the nurse for telling him and at Phaedra for betraying his father. Where it gets interesting is when Phaedra out of sadness for Hippolytus rejecting her killed herself.

Phaedra had written a note explaining her suicide but lied about why she did it. She claimed that Hippolytus raped her. When Theseus found the note and her body he naturally assumed she was telling the truth. Hippolytus tried to convince his father that he was innocent but he kept his oath to the nurse to not tell Theseus about his wife’s love for him. Theseus banished Hippolytus and called upon his father Poseidon who had promised to grant him three wishes to curse his son with death.

He exiles his own son and as Hippolytus was leaving a monster rose from the sea which spooked his horses who dashed his chariot on the rocks and dragged him to near death. When a messenger tells Theseus the news at first his dad is glad that Hippolytus got what he deserved. But Artemis appears and sets the father straight. She told him what really happened and Theseus is devastated. Hippolytus is carried in dying and he actually forgave Theseus. As Hippolytus was one of her favorite mortals, she promised to slay another mortal dearest to Aphrodite with her arrows. I find this so ironic as a lot of reviewers of the play say that Hippolytus is a misogynist. One of Artemis’s favorite mortals is a “misogynist” let that sink in! So long story short a female’s lie can destroy a man’s life.

Don't be a "provider" unless you are providing for yourself.

[PistolPeteParticipant 27143]

An excellent post man. Yes part of the moral of the story is that women will DO anything and everything when they are rejected. A rejection constitutes the denial of the one power they have—pussy. And without that power they are nothing.

Secondly I have found that ancient literature is very enlightening because most issues have been around for centuries, nothing is new, and much can be learned from the ancients. My favorite is Thucydides, “The weak do as they must, the strong do as they will”. What I find interesting is that the definition of the strong is based upon their ability to do as they wish…and consequences be damned. So it is not the result that counts but the action of a man. So if you are one man against thousands and you chose not to submit you are strong even if you are overcome by the masses….(sic) Pericles for example.

[GregB0Participant]

PistolPete wrote:

based upon their ability to do as they wish…

Walking their own way. You either lead or were a follower eons ago.

​"​My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.​" - Clarence Buddinton Kelland

[Diamond DogParticipant 142]

PistolPete wrote:

Secondly I have found that ancient literature is very enlightening because most issues have been around for centuries, nothing is new, and much can be learned from the ancients.

I agree one can learn quite a bit from ancient texts even from mythology.

Don't be a "provider" unless you are providing for yourself.

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