Theseus, son of the two Aegean King of Athens, and Poseidon. His mother was Aethra, a princess of Troezen near Athens. Joint authorship may seem odd, but the ancient Greeks believed it was possible for a hero, have two parents.
Later, he decided Aegean Aethra married, return to Athens. Aethra was responsible for keeping the child with her, until she was old enough to travel to his father in Athens. Aegean buried a pair of sandals and a sword in a large stoneand says that if Aethra Theseus managed to lift the stone and take the items down, then it would be willing to come to Athens.
When the majority Theseus went to the rock and lifted it with ease and took the sword and sandals beneath him. Aethra would say that the trip to Athens to meet his father. Unable to go to Athens by land or sea but the sea was the way to go safely, while the land route was fraught with danger. Theseus decided to come to AthensLand and thus prove its heroic.
The work of Theseus as were the six entrances to the underworld, as he went his way to Athens, unknown.
When Theseus first arrived at the sanctuary of Epidaurus (Peloponnese) met with Periphetes. Periphetes was the son of Hephaestus and a monstrous creature, a club of bronze used to fly passengers to have died. Theseus Periphetes beat, first with a stone thrown into the monster and then the bronzeClub finished beating him to death.
According He later met the monster in the vicinity of the Isthmus Siris (near Corinth). Siris trap unwary travelers and bind to two trees, which bent to the ground. Resolved tree, which broke the unfortunate person. Siris Theseus killed the same way that the monster had killed their victims. Siris Perigune had a daughter who was raped after Theseus killed Siris.
The third monster Theseus was found later knownas Crommyon Sow. It 'was an enormous pig, which his son would know by another monster like Typhoon can be. Theseus killed the pig, and continued his journey.
Fourth Megara Theseus came and met the thief Skiron. Skiron attract people to the edge of a cliff, and throw them when they were unprepared. It has done so is a giant turtle or sea monster fed regularly.
When Theseus arrived came fifth chapel to the mystery of Demeter and Persephone at Eleusis with the king Cercyon.Re Cercyon brave travelers to a wrestling match and then beat them to death. I had to do this to stay alive. Cercyon beat anyone would do the same. Theseus Ceryon beaten to death and then refused this ritual, which would follow the bloodbath at the end.
Sixth Theseus continued his journey to Athens to Eleusis. There he met Procrustes. Procrustes was known to extend their victims to death in a special device to stretch. If it does not fit in LopOutside of the foot. Theseus Procrustes stretched to death (although it is unclear if he had to amputate his feet first) and then continued his journey.
When Theseus arrived in Athens, his identity kept secret from the father. Aegean had offered refuge to a few years ago Medea in Corinto. Jason had helped retrieve the Golden Fleece to his father, King Aietes in Colcis and fled with him. Later he married and settled in Corinth with her two children. Jason decides to leave MedeaGlauke and marry a princess of Corinth.
Medea was furious and Glauke and his father poisoned to death. Then he killed his two children and refused to give his body to Jason. Shortly before the murders, which occurred by the Aegean Sea. He sought a cure for his childless marriage. Medea gave him advice in exchange for the promise you a safe haven in Athens. Aegean agree with this and Medea arrived later in Athens.
They married and everything went well untilTheseus arrived. He realized that Theseus would inherit the throne of the Aegean Sea and tried to poison him. Aegean clear that Theseus was only to stop in time to be poisoned. Medea in Athens shortly thereafter.
At that time Athens had lost a war against King Minos of Crete. In return, Minos had forced very unfavorable terms with the Athenians. All nine years had to send seven youths and seven maidens to Crete. Nobody knew what happened to them so that when the time came for theHomage to give Theseus volunteered to go, rather than one of the young.
When he arrived in Crete was clear that a concrete offer, or to sacrifice to a monster called the Minotaur was. This monster had a bull's head and body of a man. It 'called the Minotaur, the son of Queen and King Minos a bull, a gift from the king of the seas, Poseidon. Minos offends Poseidon, so instead of the gift, decreed that the wife of Minos fellLove with the bull, and breed with her. Minos was so ashamed of the actions of his wife at the birth of the Minotaur, to avoid a huge maze or labyrinth of enclosed world knows the guilt of his wife.
Minos' daughter Ariadne fell in love with Theseus and helped him kill the Minotaur. She fled with him and expect to pay for her husband. Instead, they rely Theseus on the island of Naxos while she slept.
When he returned to Athens passwordReplacement of the sails of his boat with a black and white, which led to the Aegean Sea to think that Theseus was dead. Aegean was thrown into despair and death.
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