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Theseus

Theseus (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}UK: /ˈθiːsjuːs/, US: /ˈθiːsiəs/ ⓘ; Ancient Greek: Θησεύς ) was a divine hero in Greek mythology, famous for slaying the Minotaur. The myths…

The Six Labours, Adaptations of the myth & Theseus and Pirithous

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The Six Labours

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Adaptations of the myth

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Theseus and Pirithous

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Other stories and death of Theseus

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Abode
Elysium
Born
Troezen
Consorts
Phaedra, Ariadne, Hippolyta
Died
Skyros
Festivals
Theseia
Offspring
Demophon, Acamas, Hippolytus

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Birth and early years

The Six Labours

Medea, the Marathonian Bull, Androgeus, and the Pallantides

Theseus and the Minotaur

Ship of Theseus

Theseus and Pirithous

Phaedra and Hippolytus

Other stories and death of Theseus

Adaptations of the myth

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Theseus

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Edges197
Triples303
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010101
Components1

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Theseus

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related to Literature · 88
Theseus → Aegeus, Aegle, Aleksey Ryabinin's, Amazons, An Attempt, André Gide's Thésée, Antiope, Arcite, Ariadne, Asterion, Asterión, Athens, Aunt Claudia Hinault, Battle, BCE, British, Bull-Whipped, Canterbury Tales, Colonus, Crete
related to The Six Labours · 39
Theseus → Ancient Greek, Another, Apollo, Asclepius, At, Cercyon, Club Bearer, Crommyon, Crommyonian Sow, Earth, Echidna, Eleusis, Epidaurus, He, In, Isthmian, Isthmus, Melanippus, Near Megara, Perigune
related to Birth and early years · 27
Theseus → Aegeus, Aethra, After Aethra, Athena, Athens, Before, But, Corinth, Delphi, Desiring, Do, Greek, He, Her, In Athens, Jason, Medea, Oracle, Pelops's, Pittheus
related to Opera, film, television and video games · 22
Theseus → Antiope, Aricie, By Jupiter, French, George Frideric Handel, Greek, Hart, Hippolyte, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Julian, Nicola Francesco Haym, Ovid, Philippe Quinault, Quinault, Racine, Rodgers, Teseo, The, The Warrior's Husband
related to Other stories and death of Theseus · 22
Theseus → Acamas, According, Adrastus, Aegeus's, Apollonius, Argonautica, Argonauts, Athens, Both, Hermione, Medea, Oedipus, Pausanias, Rhodes, Rock, Seven, Thebes, Troezen, Trojan Horse, Trojan War
related to Phaedra and Hippolytus · 20
Theseus → Acamas, According, Alternatively, Amazon, Aphrodite, Artemis, Demophon, Euripides's, He, Hippolyta, Hippolytus, Hippolytus's, King Minos, Phaedra, Phaedra's, Poseidon, The, Theseus's, To, While
related to Abduction of Persephone and encounter with Hades · 18
Theseus → Aethra, Aphidna, Around, As, Before, Dioscuri, Furies, Hades, He, Helen, On Pirithous's, Persephone, Pirithous, Poseidon, Tartarus, Theseus's, They, Zeus
related to Medea, the Marathonian Bull, Androgeus, and the Pallantides · 16
Theseus → Aegeus, Aegeus's, Athens, Attica, Cretan, Hecale, Hecale's, In, Marathon Theseus, Marathonian Bull, Medea, Medus, On, She, When Theseus, Zeus
related to Theseus and Pirithous · 15
Theseus → Calydonian, Earth, Hippodamia, Homer's, In Iliad, Lapiths, Later, Marathon, Nestor, Nestor's, No, Pirithous, The, The Lapiths, Theseus's
related to Ship of Theseus · 13
Theseus → According, Apollo, Apollo's, Athenian, Athenians, Athens, Delos, Minoan Crete, Plutarch's Life, The, Theseus's, Thus, To

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athens aegeus king minotaur phaedra pirithous hippolytus one myth ariadne theseus's would labyrinth story son aethra minos ship bull underworld

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TheseusAbodeElysium1.00infobox
TheseusBornTroezen1.00infobox
TheseusConsortsPhaedra, Ariadne, Hippolyta1.00infobox
TheseusDiedSkyros1.00infobox
TheseusFestivalsTheseia1.00infobox
TheseusOffspringDemophon, Acamas, Hippolytus1.00infobox
TheseusParentsAegeus or Poseidon (father)1.00infobox
TheseusParentsAethra (mother)1.00infobox
TheseusSymbolsSword, Corinthian helmet (occasionally)1.00infobox
Theseusis aduke of Athens0.90text
Theseusrelated to Abduction of Persephone and encounter with HadesPirithous0.60section
Theseusrelated to Abduction of Persephone and encounter with HadesZeus0.60section

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