How Does Theseus Get Revenge on Hippolytus?

In Euripides' Hippolytus, Phaedra, the wife of Theseus, is in love with her stepson Hippolytus. ... Given this belief, Theseus curses Hippolytus, a curse which results in Hippolytus having a chariot accident and being dragged to death by his own horses.

How does Theseus punish Hippolytus?

Theseus, refusing to believe Hippolytus' protestations of innocence, banished him and called down upon him one of the three curses the sea god Poseidon had given to him. Poseidon sent a sea monster that frightened Hippolytus' horses until he could no longer control them.

What does Theseus accuse Hippolytus of?

In despair, and not wanting to admit the true reason for ending her life, she hangs herself and leaves a note for Theseus accusing his son of raping her. Theseus, furious, uses one of the three wishes given to him by Poseidon, his father, to curse Hippolytus, who has fled the palace to go hunting.