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The Legend Of
Theseus
MAIN
CHARACTERS
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.
Theseus
Who is…
Medea
The heroine of the
Golden Fleece Quest,
and Aegeus’s
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.
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 King’s court and he would recognize the sword, which
would tell him that it is indeed his true son and future heir to the
throne.
WHERE’S 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.
MINOTAUR
Minotaur is a cruel monster
that is half human, half bull,
the offspring of Mino’s 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.
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.
Who is…
Antiope
Theseus wife, an Amazon woman, bore
his son Hippotyls, and played a part in
the horrific accident at Pirithious’s
wedding, which is mentioned later in
the actual tale.
Who is…
Pirithous
During the Calydanian Hunt (where King of Calydon called upon
Greece’s 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 Theseus’s 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 (halfman 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.
Who is…
Phaedra
Theseus’s second wife, and Ariadne’s 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.
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.
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.
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..
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
didn’t 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
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 Aegeus’s 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 inlove with each other
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 wasn’t really
dead.
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.
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 Pirithous’s unsuccessful
marriage took a devastating turn he decided to pursue the wife of
the Lord of the Under world, Persephone.
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 didn’t 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 Theseus’s 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.
In the last years of Theseus’s life he met and fell in love with
Ariadne’s 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 Phaedra’s 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.
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.
Being 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.