The Legend Of Theseus

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The Legend Of Theseus
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MAIN CHARACTERS
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Theseus
Who is
Said to be the greatest Athenian hero, Theseus
developed quite a reputation through his many
adventures, that a saying famous saying came out
of it, nothing without Theseus. He was the son
of the Athenian King, Aegeus. Theseus spent his
youth in southern Greece with his mother. Once
he grew up to be big and strong, he lifted the
rock his father had placed over a special sword
and shoes, and then left to find the King, and
gain status of a hero as quickly as possible, and
therefore chose to take the more difficult and
monster ridden path through the mountain. He is
well known for killing the legendary Minotaur,
who you will hear about later.
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Who is
Medea
The heroine of the Golden Fleece Quest, and
Aegeuss personal sorcerer, it was her idea to
poison the cup Theseus would drink out of at the
banquet, which failed when the King recognized
the sword who could have been no one else but his
son, and rightful heir to the throne.
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Who is
King Aegeus of Argos
Father of the revered hero Theseus, he left his
child and wife early on, but not before leaving
some shoes and a special sword covered by a
massive stone. If he were to have a boy, who
grew up to be big and strong, and could manage to
remove the rock he would then travel to the
Kings court and he would recognize the sword,
which would tell him that it is indeed his true
son and future heir to the throne.
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WHERES MINO?!
Powerful ruler of Crete, whose son, Androgeus,
was visiting the Athenian King. Aegeus had sent
Androgeus on a mission of extreme danger to kill
a horrible bull. Quite the opposite happened and
Minos son was sent to a most certain death, and
bit the dust. Minos, enraged, invaded the
country, and demanded that every nine years seven
maidens and seven servants be offered as a
sacrifice to the minotaur, or he would raze the
city.
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MINOTAUR
Minotaur is a cruel monster that is half human,
half bull, the offspring of Minos wife Pusiphae,
and a wonderfully beautiful bull. This was
punishment from the sea-god Poseidon who gave
Mino a bull to offer as sacrifice, which instead
he kept as a pet. Instead of killing the brutal
creature, Mino asked Daedalus, a great architect
and inventor, to build a place where the monster
could live yet never escape, and be able to feast
on helpless prey.
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Who is
Ariadne
Minos daughter, Ariadne instantly fell in love
with Theseus when she saw him being taken to the
labyrinth. She then summoned the help of
Daedalus, the original architect, to develop a
way for Theseus to escape the maze. Ariadne
explained her plan to Theseus and bring about
his escape only if he agreed to take her back to
Athens where they would marry.
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Who is
Antiope
Theseus wife, an Amazon woman, bore his son
Hippotyls, and played a part in the horrific
accident at Pirithiouss wedding, which is
mentioned later in the actual tale.
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Who is
Pirithous
During the Calydanian Hunt (where King of Calydon
called upon Greeces best warriors to kill a
psychotic rampaging boar) Theseus saved his life,
and they became best friends. Later in their
relationship Pirithous stole some of Theseuss
cattle to create a fight and see who was the
better man. When the actual confrontation took
place, he suddenly forgot everything due to his
admiration of Theseus, and said he would take any
penalty put upon him by Theseus, who in turn only
asked for his friendship. Pirithous was the King
of Lapithae and during his wedding (where Theseus
was his best man) drunken Centaurs (half-man
half-horse creatures) came and started harassing
the women and tried carrying away the bride.
They were eventually driven out of the country,
but his wife had died in the struggle.
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Who is
Phaedra
Theseuss second wife, and Ariadnes sister,
Phaedra was put under a spell by Aphrodite that
made her fall madly in love with Hippolytus, and
led to her suicide, Hippolytus being banished,
and a horrible wretched sadness that consumed
Theseus himself.
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Who is
Aphrodite
The goddess of love, beauty, and romance, who was
angry at Hippotlys for his disgust of women kind,
and belief that romance was silly and immature.
To get back at him and ruin his whole family, she
cast a spell on Phaedra to fall in love with
Hippotlys.
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Who is
Hippotylus
The son of Theseus and Antiope, he despised
Aphrodite and believed romance as a waste of time
for those with no purpose in life. He had a very
intimate relationship with his father, which
was later destroyed by the evil-doings of
Aphrodite.
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The Story of Theseus

• Theseus, Which was one of the greatest war
  heroes in Athens, was son of the Athenian King,
  Aegeus. Even though his father was the King, he
  grew up he grew up with his mother in the south
  of Greece. Before Theseus was born Aegeus said,
  that if his child was to be a boy, to send him to
  the rock were his father set under a pair of
  boots and a sword and if he was to succeed then
  to send him to my Kingdom..

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Theseus was born and he had reached manhood. The
time came for him to acquire the possessions that
his father had left which he did with great ease.
Theseus left to seed his father on the very
dangerous road that led to Athens were he came
upon Bandits, Sciron, Sinis, and Procrustes.
These characters took their Pleasure in torturing
and hurting others. What these men did to others,
Theseus returned the favor with great pleasure.
Theseus had finally reached Athens but when he
got there he didn't predict the welcoming that he
received.Medea, being an evil sorceress, knew who
Theseus was and didnt want the influence that
she had over Aegeus. So she told Aegeus, not
knowing that Theseus was his son, to poison him.
Right before Aegeus was going to give Theseus the
poison, he recognized the sword that Theseus was
carrying and instantly knew that that was his
son.Medea escaped to Asia never to be seen again
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While being part of his fathers Kingdom, Theseus
hears the obligation, that his father and Athens
have to King Minos of Crete. So Theseus decides
to rescue his people. It is said that Minos son
had died being a guest in Aegeuss household.
When King Mino found out the two Kingdoms went to
war and Aegeus lost. So every nine years Aegeus
had to send seven of his Athenian boys and seven
of his Athenian girls to get sacrificed to the
evil half-man half-bull Minotaur.So Theseus
decided to challenge this and offer himself as a
sacrifice to the Minotaur, only knowing that he
would succeed. When Theseus arrived in Crete to
battle he met the enemies daughter, Ariadne, and
they both fell instantly in-love with each other
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Despising and loathing her own father,
Ariadne,with the help of her friend Daedalus,
gave Theseus a spool of golden thread that he
could use to find his way in and out of the the
Labyrith Maze were Minotaur crept. When Theseus
finally found Minotaur he was in a deep slumber,
so Theseus jumped on and beat Minotaur to a pulp
with his fists. The battle was over and Theseus
used the golden thread to find his way back,
rescue his beloved Ariadne, and sail away in his
ship. On their way back to Athens Ariadne wanted
to stop on the island of Naxos, while she was
there, a violent wind started to blow which
carried Theseus out to see. When he returned to
come back for his beloved he had found he already
dead. Being afflicted so badly by losing his love
he forgot to lower the black flag and raise the
left, so when his father saw the ship coming upon
Athens and that his son had died the King
commit suicide not knowing that his son wasnt
really dead.
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Theseus became the new king of Athens. He was a
very different ruler than his father were he
wanted a peoples government and to were all
people were created equal. Theseus had many small
adventures, He helped Oedipus while on his death
bed and took care of his daughters, and he also
saved Hercules from killing himself and killing
his family. He journeyed to the Amazon jungle
were he took away with him the Queen of the
Amazons and the borer of his child
Hippolyta(Antiope). When their son was born the
Amazons came back for their Queen in which there
was a battle, and Theseus won. They never
returned again.
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Theseus sailed to Argo to find the Golden Fleece.
He took part in the Calydonian Hunt, were he was
to kill the great boar and also saved his best
friend Pirithous. When Pirithous, who was King of
Lapithae, decided to get married, Theseus was his
best man and the wedding feast was not as they
expected and went horribly wrong. The
Centaurs,vicious half-man half-horse beasts,
invade the wedding seizing the women and killing
the bride of Pirithous. The battle was fierce and
gruesome but the Lapithae eventually drove the
beasts out of the country with the help of
Theseus at the end. The last and only conquest
the two would under take would be their last and
only. After Pirithouss unsuccessful marriage
took a devastating turn he decided to pursue the
wife of the Lord of the Under world, Persephone.
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As Theseus and Pirithous begin their journey to
the underworld,Hades, already knew about their
plan and to his amusement decided to play with
them and not kill them because they were already
in the realm of the undead. Hades invited them as
a friendly gesture to come and sit in his
presence,but, what the two heroes didnt know was
that Hades was tricking them to sit in the seat
of Forgetfulness, to were they would forget every
thing, mind becoming blank and paralyzed for all
of eternity. Luckily, the big, strong, Hercules
came to Theseuss rescue and saved him but for
Pirithous they could not, for that was the price
he had to pay, to try and take away Persephone.
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In the last years of Theseuss life he met and
fell in love with Ariadnes sister, Phaedra. This
union would forever demolish Thesues, Phaedra,
and his son Hippolytus. When Theseus and Phaedra
returned to his old home to reunite with his son,
Phaedra became totally in love and infatuated
with Hippolytus, but on the other hand Hippolytus
was completely disgusted with the thought of this
affection with any women and loathed Phaedra. But
this was not all Phaedras fault, Aphrodite was
behind it all, she was angry at Hippolytus for
scorning her and despising her that she decided
to punish him with great pleasure. With knowing
that Hippolytus will ever love her or any women,
Phaedra kills herself and leaves a note to
Theseus saying that Hippolytus had raped and
destroyed her with dark intentions.
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Not knowing that it is all a lie and not
believing his son, Theseus curses and exiles
Hippolytus to were he meets his death and is
devoured by a hideous sea monster. Artemis
arrives in the presence of Theseus and tells him
that everything was a lie, only being too late,
because Hippolytus is already dead. Bein
g in complete despair and loss by his own blind
actions of his sons death, Theseus leave Athens
to visit his friend, King Lycomedes, for comfort
to were he is, Mysteriously, killed by Lycomedes.