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TheseusGreek hero
His parents• Born in Trozen,
near Athens, Greece
• Aegeus fell in love with Aethra
• He put a sword and pair of shoes under a boulder• “If my son can
move it, send him to me”
Journey to Athens Theseus grew up and moved
the boulder easily Traveled to Athens on land Killed the bandit Periphetes
(“club-bearer”) and took his club
Killed Sinis, the Bender of Pines
Killed Sciron by pushing him over a cliff
Killed Procrustes, who forced people to fit a bed
Arrival in Athens Didn’t reveal
himself to his father at first
Invited to dinner and drew his sword to carve meat
Aegeus recognized it immediately
Theseus captured the Cretan bull
Minotaur Androgeous, son of Minos
(king of Crete) was murdered in Athens
Gods cursed Athens until they made amends with Minos
Minos demanded 7 young men and 7 young women be sent to Crete every 9 years
Went into the labyrinth to be killed by the Minotaur (son of Pasiphae, Minos’ wife, and the Cretan bull)
MinotaurTwo tributes had been sent to Crete already, with black sails on the ship Theseus volunteers
(as tribute!) Said he would sail
with a white sail if he killed the Minotaur, but a black one if not
Ariadne Daughter of Minos
and Pasiphae Fell in love with
Theseus and vowed to help him
Gave him the ball of yarn to get out of the labyrinth
He vowed he would marry her in return
Ariadne He killed the
Minotaur with his bare hands
Escaped with the other tributes, taking Ariadne with him
Theseus abandons Ariadne on Naxos Ariadne’s lament
Dionysus comes to her rescue
Ariadne - John William Waterhouse 1898 - Private collection
Ariadne in Naxos - Evelyn De Morgan 1877 - The De Morgan Foundation
Bacchus and Ariadne
Titian 1522-3 National
Gallery, London
Bacchus and Ariadne - Le Lain Brothers Ca. 1635 - Musee des beaux-arts d’Orleans
Back in Athens Theseus forgot to
fly white sails Aegeus thought his
son was dead so he threw himself into the sea Aegean Sea
Theseus became king of Athens Centralized
government Divided society into
classes
Amazons Gave Hercules refuge after he killed his family Went with Hercules to see the Amazons Married an Amazon named Antiope or
Hippolyta Had a son named Hippolytus
Lapiths vs. Centaurs Lapiths are a group
of people from Thessaly (northern Greece)
At King Peirithous, the centaurs got too drunk and tried to steal all the women
“civilization vs. barbarism”
Peirithous Theseus and Peirithous were originally
enemies, but became friends Theseus kidnapped Helen Peirithous wanted to kidnap Persephone Hades invited them to sit down, but the
chairs had invisible chains Theseus was rescued by Hercules
Phaedra Theseus last wife, sister
of Ariadne Hippolytus refused to
worship Aphrodite Aphrodite caused
Phaedra to fall in love with Hippolytus She decided to starve
to death Her nurse told
Hippolytus of Phaedra’s feelings and he went on a tirade about women
Phaedra Out of shame, Phaedra hanged herself
Left a note saying that Hippolytus had raped her
Theseus immediately sent Hippolytus out of the city and prayed to Poseidon to kill him
Poseidon sent waves that overwhelmed Hippolytus’ chariot
Hippolytus Near death,
Hippolytus was dragged back to Athens
Aphrodite appeared to Theseus to explain the misunderstanding
Hippolytus died in Theseus’ arms
Theseus’ death Theseus was driven out of Athens Went to Skyros King Lycomedes pretended to have him
as a guest, but then pushed him off of a cliff
Cimon, leader of the Athenians in the fifth century, brought Theseus’ bones back to Athens