Thessius Flashcards
Who was Theseus born to?
Aegeus and Aethra (sometimes Poseidon)
Who are Theseus’ parents?
Aethra and Aegeus (Poseidon?)
What is left for Theseus by his father?
Sandals and a sword under a boulder; whenever Theseus can get to them he is ready to visit his father in Athens.
How does Theseus get to Athens?
By land
Periphites
Killed people by beating them with a golden club
Sinis
killed people by fastening them to two pine trees bent down and letting the trees.
Sciron
was a robber killed by Theseus. He forced travelers to wash his feet. While they knelt before him, he kicked them off a cliff behind them, where they were eaten by a Man-eating turtle.
Procrustes
Inn keeper that would make guests conform to the beds that he had (would stretch them out or cut off body legs, etc.).
Why did Theseus get taken to Crete?
Minos demanded 7 youths and maidens a year to be sacrificed.
Minotaur
a half-man, half-bull monster who was kept in a labyrinth at Crete
Daedalus
an Athenian architect who built the labyrinth for Minos and made wings for himself and his son Icarus to escape from Crete.
Who helped Theseus in his pursuit of the minotaur?
Ariadne
Why did Theseus abandon Ariadne on Naxos?
Dionysus appeared to Theseus in a dream telling him that he had chosen Ariadne as his wife and demanding that he leave her on Naxos
What happened to Ariadne?
she was left on an island by Theseus because so she could become the bride of Dionysus
Why is the Aegean sea called the Aegean sea? (According to legend)
Aegeus killed himself after seeing the wrong color sail on Theseus return ship, believing it meant his son had died.
