Theseus & Peirithous
Theseus’ closest friend, Peirithous, who fought with him against the Amazons, played a prominent role in another incident, which seared itself into Athens’ psyche and was depicted on the …
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Athens: Prize of Athene, Kingdom of Theseus
Glistening and violet-crowned, the subject of so many songs, protectress of all Greece – famous Athens with your divine acropolis. Gods of Olympus, come here to dance! Grant us …
Theseus & the Minotaur
As for Poseidon’s white bull, which was now rampaging free, Heracles abducted it as one of his labours to mainland Greece, where it settled at Marathon, near Athens. When …