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Theseus & Peirithous

editor — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 14:44:00 +0000

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 Parthenon: the battle between the Lapiths and Centaurs at Iolcus. As king of the Lapiths, whose territory bordered northern Attica, Peirithous had once been Theseus’ enemy – they first met when Peirithous raided Theseus’ cattle herds at Marathon. But each was so impressed with the other that they swore an oath of undying friendship. Thus Theseus attended Peirithous’ wedding, and when the drunken Centaurs tried to rape the Lapith women, they

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Theseus, King of Athens

editor — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 17:36:00 +0000

Returning in triumph after dispatching the monster, Theseus discovered Athens plunged in mourning. Aegeus, convinced that his son had died, had leapt to his death either from Athens’ Acropolis or from Cape Sunium Now king, Theseus made Athens the capital of Attica and introduced many constitutional innovations that would result in Athens’ greatness – or so historical Athenians, keen to give their constitution an ancient pedigree, believed, and many fifth-century bc tragedies are nonchalantly anachronistic in their portrayal of Theseus as an enthusiastic proto-democrat. Two episodes from Theseus’ career were considered so significant that they were carved on the Parthenon’s

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Athens: Prize of Athene, Kingdom of Theseus

editor — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 18:40:00 +0000

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 sublime grace as you come here to the city’s sacred heart, so heavy with the scent of incense, the path which leads here so well-trodden! Come to this sacred land of Athens with its famous market place so elegantly built! And listen warmly to our songs of garlands twined with violets plucked in the dew of spring. Possibly once holding a winged Victory in its outstretched hand, this bronze statue found

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Theseus & the Minotaur

editor — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 19:20:00 +0000

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 it continued to wreak havoc, Aegeus, king of Athens, promised to reward whoever who could destroy it. Among those who tried was Minos’ son Androgeus, but in the encounter it was he, not the bull, who lost his life. (Another version of Androgeus’ death suggests that, while in Athens to compete in games, he conspired with Aegeus’ enemies, so Aegeus had him murdered.) Victorious, Theseus drags the dead Minotaur from the

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The Adventures of Theseus

editor — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:52:00 +0000

Aegeus, Father of Theseus The greatest Athenian hero was Theseus. For many years childless, his father, Aegeus, son of Pandion, had tried everything, even introducing into Athens the worship of Aphrodite, the mistress of procreation – but to no effect. Perhaps, he mused, thanks to the murderous behaviour of his sisters, Procne and Philomela, he was accursed, so he consulted the Delphic oracle. Its reply was enigmatic: ‘Do not unstop the swollen wineskin until you return to Athens. ’ Perplexed, Aegeus resolved to take counsel from his friend, the king of Troezen, Pittheus son of Pelops. On his way (tells

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