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** In some stories, Hippolytus is often associated with a minor Roman forest god named Virbius, who is often thought to be the name he assumed when he moved to Italy after being revived by Asclepius and built a shrine for Diana (Artemis). | ** In some stories, Hippolytus is often associated with a minor Roman forest god named Virbius, who is often thought to be the name he assumed when he moved to Italy after being revived by Asclepius and built a shrine for Diana (Artemis). | ||
** Hippolytus was a devout follower of the virgin goddess Artemis, he even made a vow of chastity to her, which allowed her to look at him with favor. With Artermis's, a goddess of vegetation, favor and being a minor forest god himself, he has strong affinity for plants and has some dominion over them. | ** Hippolytus was a devout follower of the virgin goddess Artemis, he even made a vow of chastity to her, which allowed her to look at him with favor. With Artermis's, a goddess of vegetation, favor and being a minor forest god himself, he has strong affinity for plants and has some dominion over them. | ||
** Daisy-like flowers are scattered throughout his higher rarity art, the flower itself being symbols of chastity and purity; a reference to how Hippolytus in Greek myths would offer a crown of flowers in honor Artemis under her statue after his hunts; the flowers plucked from a virginal (untouched) meadow. | |||
* Hippolytus's charge skill "ακήρατος λειμων" means "Pristine Meadow". | |||
* One of his skills, Auriga of Purity, references Auriga, a constellation known as the Charioteer. In one of the versions of Hippolytus's story, Asclepius resurrected him in the form of the constellation. | |||
* His stepfather, Theseus, had another wife named Ariadne, who is the original holder of Daisuke's (Taurus Mask) Sacred Artifact. | |||
** Both his and Daisuke's artifacts work in similar ways; both are in the shape of rings, one is a flower crown and the other is in the form of a wrestling ring, and both prevent outside interference from disrupting anything inside. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||