Death of Hippolytus (Mort d'Hippolyte)Statue by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1681-1731)He was killed after rejecting the advances of Phaedra (Ph鑔re); his stepmother; the second wife of Theseus (Th閟閑). Spurned; Phaedra deceived Theseus saying that his son had raped her. Theseus; furious; used one of the three wishes given to him by Poseidon to curse Hippolytus. Poseidon sent a sea-monster to terrorize Hippolytus's horses; who dragged their rider to his death.Sculpture. Marble (1715)paris. Mus閑 du Louvre (France)2018