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| Born in Troezen. Thought to be a demi-god. Hero of Athens/Attica. Son of Aegeus and Aethra |
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| father of Theseus, husband of Aethra |
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| Mother of Theseus, wife of Aegeus |
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| Aegeus was on vacation and sleeps with kings daughter, Aethra, and gets her pregnant. He tells her that if she has a son, to send him to him so son can take throne. |
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| tokens that Aegeus leaves under a rock for his son to get and bring with him to Athens so that he will know he is his son. |
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| The 6 Labors of Theseus describe: |
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| Theseus's journey from Trozen to Athens |
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| Sinis is a robber whos nickname is Pityocamptes. He bends trees, ties a person's hand to either tree, and lets them go, splitting the person in half. Theseus comes along and sinis tries to do the same but Theseus does it to him. |
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| Another robber. Makes passerbyer wash his feel then he kicks them off a cliff to be eaten by a giant turtle. Tries to do this to Theseus but he does it to him. |
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| A hotel inn keeper. Name means 'the strecher'. If you were short, he would give you a long bed. If you were tall, he would give you a short bed. Made you fit in the bed by either cutting you off or streching you. Theseus does this to him. |
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| Adj. that means to fit even if don't fit |
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| Athens is to send 7 boys and 7 girls to be sacraficed to Minotaur. Theseus decided to go to help save. |
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| Monster of Minos. Name means, "bull of Minos" He's half bull-monster, half man. Is the offspring of Pasiphae and the bull of Poseidon. |
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| Posedien sent a pretty bull to Minos. Minos though he was the best because of it. Poseiden wanted him to sacrafice it so he makes Pasiphae fall in love with the bull. She gets a fake, hallow bull to trick the real bull into having sex with her. She then gets pregnant and has Minotaur. |
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| Maze where Minotaur dwells and where the kids are sent in and never come back |
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| Minos's daughter. Gives string to Theseus to help him get out of the maze. She falls in love with him. |
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| Island that Theseus abandons Ariadne on |
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| By Dionysus. He places a wreath on her head that he wore in heaven to honor her. She becomes his lover. |
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| The constellation 'Corona' |
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| Theseus comes home but forgot to turn the flag from black to white so Aegeus thinks he's dead. Aegeus throws himself into the sea and dies. |
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| where Aegeus commited suicide marks the aegean sea |
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| Theseus becomes king of Athens and brings surrounding villages into unity with the Athenas |
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