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Hippolytus (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠justly punished in the Greek myth — his excessive chastity is hubris against Venus — while Joseph, in the same plot, is simply innocent and falsely accused.