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Parents, Birth, Childhood• Aegeus of Athens• Aethra of Troezen
• Young princess who sleeps withAegeus, who’s visiting her dad
• Dream from Athena leads Aethra into the sea
• Poseidon; Double Paternity?• Sword & Sandals
In Athens• Daddy Aegeus & Queen Medea• Marathonian Bull• Medea tries poison
• Flees after failing
• Next Task: Minotaur
Minotaur Background• King Minos & Queen Pasiphae of Crete• Minos & Poseidon• Cretan Bull• Minos tries to trick
Poseidon• Pasiphae & the bull• Daedalus’s help
Minotaur Background• The Labyrinth• Minos’s son in Athens• 7 Athenian youths &
7 maidens• Theseus volunteers
Theseus’s Quest• Setting sail• Minos’s daughter
Ariadne helps• Slays Minotaur• Escapes with Ariadne
& sister Phaedra
Theseus & Pirithous• Pirithous, Prince of the Lapiths• Lapiths vs Centaurs• Pirithous’s great idea• Chair of Forgetfulness
Theseus & Phaedra• Ariadne’s sister who wasn’t abandoned• Theseus marries Phaedra• Phaedra & Hippolytus, one of Theseus’s sons
• Aphrodite made advances on Hippolytus• Hippolytus rejected her because he was a
virgin follower of Artemis• Aphrodite punished Hippolytus by having
Phaedra fall in love with him• Hippolytus rejects Phaedra as well• Phaedra accuses him of rape, Theseus
kills his own son, Phaedra commits suicide
Theseus and Athens• Theseus brings together Attica, region around Athens,
under one rule• Transfers much of his power to the assembly• Helps poor & oppressed• Bad decisions in middle age; loses popularity• Pushed off island of Scyros – various/unclear reasons• Body not returned to Athens for burial• Bones “found” during Persian Wars, returned, buried
23 Hero Traits• Mother is a royal virgin• Father is a king• Father often a near relative
to mother• Unusual conception• Hero reputed to be son of a
god• Attempt to kill hero as an
infant, often by father or maternal grandfather
• Hero spirited away as a child• Reared by foster parents in a
far country• No details of childhood• Returns or goes to future
kingdom
• Is victor over king, giant, dragon or wild beast
• Has a helper, sidekick, or group of them• Marries a princess
(often daughter of predecessor)• Becomes king• For a time he reigns uneventfully• He prescribes laws• Later loses favor with gods or his subjects• Driven from throne and city• Meets with mysterious death• Often at the top of a hill• His children, if any, do not succeed him• His body is not buried• Has one or more holy sepulchers or
tombs