_Hippolyta_, a rich lady wantonly in love with Arnoldo. By the cross purposes of the plot, Leopold, a sea-captain, is enamoured of Hippolyta, Arnoldo is contracted to the chaste Zeno´cia, and Zenocia is dishonorably pursued by the Governor Count Clo´dio.—Beaumont and Fletcher, _The Custom of the Country_ (1647). =Hippolytos= (in Latin, _Hippolytus_), son of Theseus. He provoked the anger of Venus by disregarding her love, and Venus, in revenge, made Phædra (his mother-in-law) fall in love with him, and when Hippolytos repulsed her advances, she accused him to her husband of seeking to dishonor her. Theseus prayed Neptune to punish the young man, and the sea-god, while the young man was driving in his chariot, scared the horses with sea-calves. Hippolytos was thrown from the chariot and killed, but Diana restored him to life again. (See HIPPOLITO.) Hippolytus himself would leave Diana To follow such a Venus. Massinger, _A New Way to Pay Old Debts_, iii. 1 (1628). =Hippom´enes= (4 _syl._), a Grecian prince who outstripped Atalanta in a foot-race, by dropping three golden apples, which she stopped to pick up. By this conquest he won Atalanta to wife. E’en here, in this region of wonders, I find That light-footed Fancy leaves Truth far behind; Or, at least, like Hippomenês, turns her astray By the golden illusions he flings in her way. T. Moore. =Hippot´ades= (4 _syl._), Eŏlus, the wind-god, son of Hippota. [_He_] questioned every gust of rugged winds That blows from off each beaked promontory: They knew not of his story; And sage Hippotadês, their answer brings, That not a blast was from his dungeon strayed. Milton, _Lycidas_ (1638). =Hiren=, a strumpet. From Peele’s play _The Turkish Mahomet and Hyren the Fair Greek_ (1584). In Italian called a _courtezan_; in Spain a _margarite_; in French _une putaine_; in English...a punk. “There be Sirens in the sea of the world. Syrens? _Hirens_, as they are now called. What a number of these sirens [_Hirens_], cockatrices, courteghians, in plain English, harlots, swimme amongst us!”—Adams, _Spiritual Navigator_ (1615). =Hiroux= (_Jean_), the French “Bill Sikes,” with all the tragic elements eliminated. _Pres._ Where do you live? _Jean._ Haven’t got any. _Pres._ Where were you born? _Jean._ At Galard. _Pres._ Where is that? _Jean._ At Galard. _Pres._ What department? _Jean._ Galard. Henri Monnier, _Popular Scenes drawn with Pen and Ink_ (1825). =Hislop= (_John_), the old carrier at Old St. Ronan’s.—Sir W. Scott, _St. Ronan’s Well_ (time, George III.). =Histor´icus=, the _nom de plume_ of the Hon. E. Vernon Harcourt, for many years the most slashing writer in the _Saturday Review_, and a writer in the _Times_.