Theseus

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Theseus
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Theseus

• Important Names
• Ægeus (king of Athens)
• Pittheus (king of Trœzen)
• Æthra (his daughter)
• Theseus
• Minos
• Ariadne
• Phædra
• Hippolytus

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Theseus (cont.)

• I. The birth of Theseus
• A. Ægeus and the oracle
• B. Pittheus and Æthra
• C. The sandals and the sword
• II. Theseus trip to Athens
• A. Periphetes The Clubber
• B. Sinis The Pine-bender
• C. Sceiron (no significant name)
• D. Cercyon (a wrestler)
• E. Damastes The Stretcher

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Theseus (cont.)

• III. Theseus in Crete
• A. The situation at Athens
• B. Theseus travels to Crete
• 1. Minos challenge
• 2. Theseus reply
• C. The Labyrinth

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Theseus vs. the Minotaur
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Knossos (Aerial)
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Knossos
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Knossos
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Knossos
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Knossos (Plan)
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Knossos (Reconstruction)
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Knossos (Interior)
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Knossos (Interior)
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Knossos (Throne Room)
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Horns of Consecration
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Bull Rhyton
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Knossos
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Bull-leaping Fresco
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Minotaur (Blk. Figure Vase)
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Theseus (cont.)

• III. Theseus in Crete
• A. The situation at Athens
• B. Theseus travels to Crete
• 1. Minos challenge
• 2. Theseus reply
• C. The Labyrinth
• 1. Dædalus (father of Icarus)
• 2. Ariadne
• D. The Tragic Return

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Theseus (cont.)

• IV. The Synoikism
• V. The attack of the Amazons
• A. Antiope/Hippolyte
• B. Hippolytus
• VI. Phædra
• A. Love
• B. Revenge
• C. The curse