By: Legweak, Beenge, McNugget Man, and The Gorgatron

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By Legweak, Beenge, McNugget Man, and The
Gorgatron

• Theseus Great Athenian Hero

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Theseus Great Athenian Hero

• Son of Athenian King, Aegeus
• Spent childhood in his mothers home, a city in
  Southern Greece.
• Aegeus went back to Athens before his son was
  born and left a sword and a pair of shoes covered
  with a stone.
• He told his wife that when the boy was strong
  enough to roll away the stone and retrieve the
  things beneath it should could send him to Greece
  to meet him.

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Theseus Great Athenian Hero

• The boy strong beyond others, lifted the stone
  and was on his way to Athens.
• He refused to go by water and instead went to
  Athens by land killing all the dangerous bandits
  in his path.
• When Theseus reached Athens he was a hero
  acknowledged by everyone.

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Theseus Great Athenian Hero

• Theseus was invited to a banquet by the king,
  whom was unaware that Theseus was his son.
• Afraid of his sons popularity he invited him
  with the idea of poisoning Theseus.
• The idea was Medeas, the heroine of the Quest of
  the Golden Fleece, and she knew who Theseus was.
• As she handed the cup to Theseus he pulled out
  his sword wishing to make himself known to his
  father.
• Aegeus noticed it and dashed the cup to the
  ground and Madea escaped to Asia.
• Aegeus proclaimed to Greece that Theseus was his
  son.

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Theseus Great Athenian Hero

• Years before Theseus arrival Minos, the ruler of
  Crete, had lost his son Androgeus.
• Aegeus sent Androgeus to kill a bull and instead
  the bull killed him.
• Minos captured Athens and said that he would raze
  it to the ground unless they sent him 7 maidens
  and 7 youths.
• When they reached Crete they were given to the
  minotaur, half bull, half human.

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Theseus Great Athenian Hero

• Minos arranged a place of confinement, the
  labyrinth, a maze, in which escape was
  impossible.
• Theseus urged to be one of the victims.
• He told his dad that he would fly a white sail
  instead of a black coming home if he succeeded.

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Theseus Great Athenian Hero

• When Theseus arrived in Crete, Ariadne, Minoss
  daughter fell in love with him.
• She gave him a hint to get to the Minotaur and
  kill him and in return he had to take her back to
  Athens to marry her.
• He was to take a ball of thread and fasten it to
  the inside of each door and unwind as he went on.
• He came upon the Minotaur sleeping, and beat it
  to death with his fist.

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Theseus Great Athenian Hero

• On the way to Athens the stopped at the island,
  Naxos.
• Theseus left without Ariadne.
• As he reached Athens he forgot to hoist his white
  sail.
• When his father saw the black one, he thought
  Theseus to be dead and threw himself down from a
  rocky height, into the sea, and was killed.

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Theseus Great Athenian Hero

• Theseus became king and established a government
  in which the people ruled themselves.
• Thus, Athens became the happiest and most
  prosperous city in the world.
• Many times Theseus proved to be a great leader.
• He showed great dignity when he had the lost
  lives of the Great war of the Seven against
  Thebes.
• In another story, Theseus gives his hand to
  Hercules (his cousin) and prevents him from
  killing himself in his madness.

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Theseus Great Athenian Hero

• Theseus went to the country of the amazons and
  brought back a woman, Hippolyta.
• Their son was named, Hippolytus.
• Theseus went to Calydon, killed a raging boar,
  and saved his friend Pirithous.
• One day in attempt to test Theseus if he was
  quite the hero everyone said he was by stealing
  his cattle.
• He met Theseus and forgot everything and pleaded
  to Theseus.
• All Theseus asked for was his friendship.

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Theseus Great Athenian Hero

• Theseus was going to attempt to steal Helen of
  Troy.
• He succeeded but her brother captured her back.
• They didnt find him, for he was on his way the
  underworld with Pirithous.
• Hades seated them in a chair in which they forgot
  everything.
• Hercules came to rescue Theseus but couldnt
  rescue Pirithous, as he sat there forever.

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Theseus Great Athenian Hero

• In later years, Theseus married Ariadnes sister
  Phaedra.
• They raised Hippolytus and Phaedra fell in love
  with him.
• He showed no affection towards her and she killed
  herself anguish.
• She left behind a note that revealed Hippolytus
  had killed her, which he hadnt.
• When Theseus arrived, he read the note and
  banished from the land.

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Theseus Great Athenian Hero

• As Hippolytus was leaving, Artemis came up from
  the water and spoke to Theseus.
• Artemis told him that his son had not killed his
  wife the died fighting her love for Hippuolytus.
• Hippolytus was killed, and Theseus was on his
  road to death.

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Theseus Great Athenian Hero

• Theseus was at the court of King Lycomedes. Some
  say he was banished by the Athenians.
• He was killed by the king, his friend, and his
  host.
• Soon after Theseuss death the Athenians had
  built a great tomb for him in honor for Thebes,
  the protector of the defenseless.

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The END

• Brought to you by Legweak, beenge, mc nuggetman,
  and the gorgatron.
• Corbin mark justin and chris
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