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Mythology Test 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Orpheus (Person) | His father was king of Thrace, and his mother was the Muse Calliope. Theorized to be based on a real historical person. Unique as a Greek hero because of his musical ability, which could move objects and charm people (like a dnd bard) |
| Eurydice (Orpheus) | Orpheus' wife. On their wedding day gets bitten by a snake and dies. Orpheus decides he will travel to the underworld to get her back. |
| Orpheus (Myth) | The myth that we get our knowledge of the Greek underworld from. |
| Charon | the ferryman to the afterlife. Carries souls across the river Styx for a payment. Also carried the living Orpheus across. |
| Styx | The river surrounding the underworld, keeping the souls in. |
| Cerberus | The 3-headed hell-hound of Hades. Lets souls enter but doesn't let them leave. |
| The 3 Judges | Consists of Minos and 2 others. Determine the kind of afterlife a soul will have based on their actions in life. |
| The Furies | 3 minor woman deities of vengeance and justice (sometimes thought to be daughters of Ge) |
| Tartarus | The part of hades that sucks. Basically hell or the bad place. (Dante's inferno borrows ideas from this concept in punishment based on the actions in one's life) Orpheus travels through it. |
| The Elysian Fields | The good afterlife in hades. Where many of the heroes went to after death. |
| Tantalus' hubris | a mortal who was friends with the gods and would have them over for dinner parties. Arrogant, and thought he could trick them. Cut up his son Pelops and tried to feed him to them. |
| Pelops | Tantalus's son. The gods knew Tantalus tried to serve him to them. they put him back together. |
| Tantalus' Punishment | The gods sent him to a place in Tartarus where he sits under a fruit tree, the fruit growing just out of reach. There is a river at his feet that recedes when he goes to drink. Forever tantalized by food and water but can never reach |
| Tityus | Tried to rape the titan Lito. Punished with an eagle that comes to eat his liver every day (like Prometheus) |
| Ixion | Tried to rape Athena. Punished by being tied to a spinning wheel for eternity. |
| Sisyphus' hubris | When the deity death came to take him, he trapped him. No one could die during this, so the gods noticed and saved death. Before he dies he tells his wife not to burry him so his soul would wander the Earth. The gods notice and send his soul down anyway. |
| Sisyphus' Punishment | Yup. The Boulder. He has to push a boulder uphill, but when he is close to the top, the incline increases and it rolls back to the bottom. |
| Danaids | Sisters who killed their husbands. They have to use leaky pitchers/buckets to bring water from a river, across a field, to fill a trough, but the water all leaks out before making it there. |
| Orpheus' and Hade's deal | When Orpheus makes it to Hades, he charms him with his music, convincing him to let him bring Eurydice back to earth. With the condition that Orpheus has to trust that Hades will keep his end of the bargain, and not look behind him to check. |
| Orpheus fails | Orpheus is almost successful in bringing Eurydice back, but becomes suspicious at the very end while climbing the stairs out of hades. Turns to check and in that moment sees Eurydice fall back into hades. |
| Orpheus' fate | Greif-stricken, lives out the rest of his days in the woods alone in a hut. one day, his music gets the attention of Bacchii, who are sent into a frenzy from it, and tear him apart. |
| Orphism | A mystery religion based in Philosophy. Core belief is that the soul is contaminated by the body. |
| Zagreus | Son of Zeus and Persephone. Hera makes the Titans tear him apart and eat him. Zeus takes Zagreus' heart and puts it into his thigh, becomes Dionysus. Zeus zaps the titans, and from the ashes mankind is born. |
| The 2 sides Orphism believed mankind to have. | The Zagreus side, godly and good. And the Titian side, more earthly and wild. They believed you should try to rid yourself of the titan side to reach perfection. |
| Plato | Greek Philosopher and writer. Had Orphic views. 4th cent BC |
| The Republic | One of Plato's works. Contains the Myth of Er at the end. Also contains the Theory of Ideals/Forms. |
| Theory of Ideals/Forms | The idea there's a higher reality than we experience. everything exists in its ideal form. We all have these forms, but our bodies and lives prevent us from reaching it. We all have a sense of the ideal version of something, but cant exist on our plane |
| Barriers of Perfection in this plane (desk example) | Thoughts of the perfect desk are imperfect->the execution based on the imperfect thought of the perfect desk is imperfect to the thought->artistic depictions of this desk would be further imperfect |
| Myth of Er | A man that died on the battle field arrives in Hades and sees a bunch of souls looking at Lethe, drawing lots of what order they would choose their next life and have Metempsychosis. Orpheus is the last one, chooses a normal calm life. Then they drink |
| Lethe | the river of forgetfulness |
| Metempsychosis | the transmigration of the soul in death to a new life. Fancy reincarnation. |
| Anamnesis | The remembering of earlier forgotten knowledge from a past life (usually during decision making) |
| Perseus | Son of Danae and Zeus (via golden shower) First major Hero |
| Acrisius | King of Argos. Got a prophecy that his daughter would have a son that would kill him. Imprisons her so this can't happen. When she has a son anyways, exposes them by sending them out to sea in a box. |
| Danae | Mother of Perseus. Impregnated by Zeus via a golden shower. |
| Seriphos | The location Danae and Perseus wash up at. Found by Dictys, and live there with him on the beach for while Perseus grows up. |
| Dictys | Was supposed to be king of Seriphos, but his brother Polydectes took the throne and had him exiled to the beach. |
| Polydectes | Dictys' brother and ruler of Seriphos. Falls in love with Danae and forces her to marry him. Perseus cant afford a wedding gift so asks him what he can do for him. He asks for the head of Medusa as an impossible task to get rid of him. |
| Medusa | 1 of the 3 Gorgons. Sisters with bodies of snakes and snakes for hair. The only mortal one. Has blood that can dissolve through fabric and can turn you into stone by looking at her. |
| Zeus's message to Perseus | Zeus sends Hermes to tell Perseus that he needs to go to the Nymphs of the North to receive items to help kill Medusa. |
| The Graeae | 3 hags that shared 1 eye between them. Perseus goes to them to find out where the Nymphs of the North are. |
| Nymphs of the North | When Perseus finds them, they give him gifts to help slay Medusa: The Kibisis, 3 gifts from Hermes (winged sandals, cap of darkness, and a sword made by Hephaestus) and a well polished shield from Athena. They also tell him where to go. |
| Kibisis | a big pouch/cloth bag that was magically invulnerable, making it strong enough to carry Medusa's head without her blood dissolving it. |
| Pegasus | Born from Medusa's blood when she is slain |
| Queen Cassiopeia | Married to Cepheus, mother of Andromeda. says her daughter is more beautiful than the Nereids, causing Poseidon's wrath. Demands that Andromeda be sacrificed to a serpent. |
| King Cepheus | married to Cassiopeia, father of Andromeda. |
| Andromeda | Daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. Perseus kills the sea serpent she is meant to be sacrificed to, and marries her. Is brought back with him to Seriphos |
| Perseus' return | Perseus "gives" Polydectes Medusa's head, and he turns to stone, returning the crown to Dictys, who then marries Danae. |
| Perseus kills Acrisius | Perseus and Danae want to make up with Acrisius, so they start traveling back to Argos. On the way, they stop in a city that has a games going on. Perseus joins the discus but is way too strong. Kills an old man in the crowd. That man is Acrisius |
| Heracles Myth | There is no one play recounting his life, he appears in many different plays, many of which are comedies. |
| Heracles/Hercules | Hero of Argos and Thebes. Born in Thebes. Mother is Alcmene, father is Zeus. Preforms the 12 Labors after killing his family. Seen as a physical hero, a comic figure, a philosophical hero, and worshiped as a god by the Greeks. |
| Alcmene | Mother of twins Heracles and Iphicles. Wife of king Amphitryon. While he was out at war, Zeus disguised himself as him and slept with her. The day after he leaves, the real Amphitryon shows up and sleeps with her too. Gets pregnant from both |
| Heracles' birth | Zeus decrees that his son born that day will rule those around him, so Hera sent Eileithyia (Goddess of childbirth) to hold Alcmene's knees together, causing her to be in labor for 6 days. |
| Heracles' infancy | Hera sends a snake to try to kill Heracles and Iphicles, but he already has enough strength in his baby hands to crush it to death |
| Heracles' attempt at music | As a young man, he kills his music teacher after harsh criticism for breaking a lyre. Gets sent away by his parents to study under Chiron |
| Megara | Heracles' first wife, who he has 3 children with. Hera sends Heracles into a fit of madness where he kills her and the children |
| Oracle of Delphi (Heracles) | Heracles asks what he can do to repent for murdering his family. Is told to go to King Eurystheus. |
| King Eurystheus | Heracles goes to him to receive punishment for his crimes. Under Hera's influence, gives Heracles the 12 labors, which are meant to be nearly impossible to complete. |
| The 12 Labors | The nearly impossible tasks given to Heracles to complete to repent for him murdering his family. First 6 are within Greece, after 7 starts to leave it. |
| The Nemean Lion | Labor 1. Lion with impenetrable skin. Heracles strangles it in a fight. Eurystheus asks for its skin as proof, so Heracles uses its own claws to skin it. He keeps the skin and wears it as a cloak. This initiates the Nemean games. Lion becomes Leo |
| The Hydra of Lerna | Labor 2. Dragon-like creature with 1 immortal head, and 8 that regenerate 2 more when cut off. Iolaus burnt the stumps while Heracles cut the heads off. Heracles buried the immortal head under a stone, and used its blood to coat his arrow heads. |
| Iolaus | Heracles' nephew and other Greek hero. Helped slay the Hydra |
| The Ceryneian Stag | Labor 3. Artemis's sacred deer. Heracles spent years tracking it before capturing it alive. As he was bringing it to Eurystheus, Artemis saw him with it. After he explained, she said it was okay but he better release it unharmed after. |
| The Erymanthian Boar | Labor 4. A very large and dangerous boar. Heracles tracks it down and brings back to Eurystheus alive |
| The Augean Stables | Labor 5. Heracles was tasked with cleaning these stables within 1 day. It housed thousands of cows and was never cleaned. Is almost he Labor he fails on. In the end, he diverts 2 rivers and washes out the stables. |
| The Stymphalian Birds | Labor 6. A mighty flock of massive birds with blade-like wings and feathers. Heracles bangs shields together to scare them off the ground, and shoots them down with his arrows. |
| The Cretan Bull | Labor 7. The bull Minos was supposed to sacrifice to Poseidon. Heracles came to Crete on a boat, but left on the back of the bull. Released it after. |
| The Mares of Diomedes | Labor 8. King Diomedes had a herd of vicious flesh-eating horses. Heracles kills him and feeds him to the horses, which tames them. |
| The Girdle of Hippolyta | Labor 9. The belt of Hippolyta. Heracles asks for it and she agrees. But while he's there, Hera tells the other Amazonians that Heracles is there to seduce and trick her, so they ambush him. Heracles assumes this was a trap by Hippolyta, and kills her |
| Hippolyta | the Amazonian Queen |
| Admetus | Friend of Heracles. Was told by a god he was to die, unless someone would take his place. The only willing person was his wife, Alcestis. |
| Alcestis | Admetus's wife who sacrificed herself for him. |
| Heracles' side quest | Heracles comes to Admetus' house while they are mourning his wife. At first didnt tell him because he didn't want to be a bad host. When Heracles finds out, he decides to save her by persuading death when he comes to take her soul. this works |
| Fetch Geryon's Cattle | Labor 10. A monster with several torsos who lives in what is now Spain, had beautiful red cattle. Heracles sails there, kills the monster with arrows, and brings back the cattle. |
| The Apples of Hesperides | Labor 11. Heracles doesnt know where the Hesperides are, so goes to Atlas. Atlas says he can get the apples for him, if he holds up the sky. When Atlas returns, he doesn't wanna take the sky back. |
| Atlas | Father of the Hesperides. Titan tasked with holding up the sky. Tries to leave Heracles with this task after gathering the Apples of Hesperides for him, but is tricked when Heracles asks him to take it back for a moment to put a rag on his head. |
| The Capture of Cerberus | Labor 12. Heracles travels down to hades and asks Hades if he can capture his dog. Says that's fine but not to hurt him. Wins against Cerberus in a bear-handed fight. |
| Deianira | Sister of Heracles' friend, he marries her after his 12 labors. one day, they came to a river. Heracles could cross but she couldnt, so he asks Nessus to carry her across. Halfway there, he tries to assault her, so Heracles shoots him with an arrow. |
| Nessus | The centaur Heracles asked to carry Deianira across a river. After being shot, makes it to the other side and gives Deianira his blood. Claims it is a "love potion" and to use it on Heracles' if he ever falls out of love with her. |
| Iole | A woman Heracles brings home from war. |
| Deianira uses Nessus' blood | When Heracles brings back Iole, this worries Deianira that he is falling out of love with her, so she puts Nessus' blood in his cloak. It was not a love potion, and burns his skin horribly. He doesnt die, but wants to. |
| Heracles' Funeral | Lashing out in pain, Heracles constructs his own funeral pyre, Philoctetes is his only friend willing to light it for him. He gifts him his bow and arrow for this. |
| Heracles' Ascension | In death, the gods recognized that Heracles life really sucked for him, and decided to make him immortal. Takes Hebe as his godly wife. |
| The Stoics | Believed Heracles was an honorable example of their belief of doing your duty no matter what without complaint. |
| Cadmus | Legendary founder of Thebes |
| Labdacus | Grandson of Cadmus, has two sons: Laius and Lycus. |
| Lycus | Steals the thrown from Laius after their father's death, sends him into exile. |
| Laius | Is supposed to be the next king of Thebes, but has the throne stolen from him by his brother Lycus. At some point regains the throne and marries Jocasta. Father of Oedipus. |
| Pelops | Laius's friend that takes him in during his exile. Laius rapes his son, causing him to be cursed by the gods. |
| Jocasta | First, wife of Laius, then wife-mother of Oedipus. Upon learning this hangs herself. Mother of 4 other children: Antigone, Ismene, Eteocles, and Polynices. |
| The Oracle of Delphi's prophesy for king Laius | He is told he will have a son that will kill him then marry his mother. |
| Laius's plan to avoid prophesy | Laius and Jocasta drive a stake into the foot of their son, and give him to a servant to expose him on a hill. The servant feels bad and instead gives the baby to a shepherd He gives the baby to the King and Queen of Corinth. |
| King Polybus and Queen Merope | Rulers of Corinth. Could not have children and are given a baby by a shepherd. Name the baby Oedipus because of his messed up foot. |
| The Oracle of Delphi's prophesy for Oedipus | Oedipus goes to the Oracle after hearing from a drunkard that the rulers aren't his true parents. Instead of having that question answered, he gets told he will kill his father and marry his mother. Forgets the bastard thing, leaves Corinth to not do that |
| Oedipus kills his father | While traveling, Oedipus comes to a crossroads. a group of men come to it after him. they fight about who should go first. Oedipus in his rage kills their leader, which turns out to be Laius. |
| Sphinx | A monster with a lion's body and a woman's head. It asks riddles and is tormenting Thebes. Upon his arrival, Oedipus challenges it and answers it correctly. It then kills itself by jumping off a cliff. |
| Oedipus marries his mother | As prize for slaying the Sphinx, since their king died, Thebes makes Oedipus their new king. He also gets to marry the widowed queen: Jocasta |
| Creon | Jocasta's brother. First, one of Oedipus's advisors, then after his exile takes power until his sons come of age. Becomes ruler again after they die. Father of Haemon |
| The Oracle of Delphi on what causes the plagues of Thebes | They say it is because Laius's killer was never found and put to justice. |
| Tiresias in Oedipus (play) | Oedipus goes to him after the Oracle of Delphi for more information. Tells Oedipus he doesn't want to know the truth. This angers him. |
| Oedipus and Jocasta realize | Oedipus and Jocasta talk about the prophecies both have heard and finally line their stories up. In horror, Jocasta hangs herself, and Oedipus blinds himself with her jewelry, and is then exiled. |
| Oedipus (character) | According to Aristotle, the perfect example of tragedy and the tragic hero. Due to the actions of his father, cursed to kill his father then marry his mother. |
| Antigone (the play) | A progressive play for the time. Calls into question morals vs law. |
| Antigone (character) | Daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta. Set on burying Polynices against Creon's decree. Is punished by being sealed in a tomb. Kills herself before Creon can reverse his ruling. |
| Ismene | Daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta. Antigone tells her what she plans to do, and pleads her not too. Is prepared to be punished with Antigone despite this, but is spared due to not taking action. |
| Eteocles | Son of Oedipus and Jocasta. Agrees to Creon's suggestion to share the throne with Polynices, but then exiles him before he has to give it up. Dies in battle with him, and is honored in death by Creon. |
| Polynices | Son of Oedipus and Jocasta. Exiled before given his turn on the throne. Gathers an army with 7 generals before leading a siege on Thebes to reclaim his throne. Dies in the battle, and Creon does not allow his burial. |
| Haemon | Son of Creon. Promised to marry Antigone before she is put in the tomb. At first agrees with, then defies his father and goes to save her. She is dead when he arrives, so he kills himself |
| Eurydice (Antigone) | Wife of Creon. Kills herself after hearing of Haemon's death |
| Teiresias in Antigone | Warns Creon of what will happen if he doesn't reverse his ruling and bury Polynices. Too little too late, as after Creon does this, he discovers Antigone has already killed herself. |
| Aristotle | Greek philosopher that that wrote the first work of literary criticism: The Poetics. Unfinished upon his death. |
| Aristotle's definition of Tragedy | "Tragedy is an imitation of significant action. Ultimately depicting some aspect of what life is." |
| Aristotle's purpose of Tragedy | To arouse pity, fear and catharsis in the audience. He believed tragedy was "truer than history." |
| Aristotle's qualities of a good Tragedy | The Unities: It should happen within 1 day, at 1 location, no violence on stage, only the results of off-stage violence. Should contain a tragic hero |
| The Tragic Hero | Starts off in a good position, and is relatively a good person. Special in some way, and relatable. Within the story there should be Hamartia that leads to a reversal of the good fortune. |
| Hamartia | A fatal flaw or error within a tragedy. Something that is the fault of the tragic hero, but can be exasperated by circumstance or the gods |
| The Argonautica (250 BC) | The story of Jason and the Argonauts, written by Apollonius. Depicts Jason as an imperfect, weird, loverboy. Borrows both characters and concepts from other myths. |
| Iolcus | A city in northern Greece. Ruled by Pelias. Birth city of Jason |
| Aeson | the rightful king of Iolcus, usurped by his brother Pelias. Father of Jason. |
| Pelias | King of Iolcus, usurped his brother Aeson. Was told by a prophet to "beware of the man with one sandal," and becomes paranoid. |
| Chiron (Jason) | Famous and wise centaur that tutored many Greek heroes, including Jason. Jason lived with him as a child when he and his father were forced out of the city by Pelias. |
| Jason meets Hera | Jason decides he wants to reclaim the throne. On his way he comes across an old lady asking people to help her cross a river "in the name of Hera." He helps her and she reveals herself to have been Hera. Jason has gained her favor. Also lost a sandal. |
| Pelias's quest for Jason | Pelias agrees to give Jason the throne, if he can bring him the Golden Fleece. |
| The Golden Fleece | Owned by King Aecets of Colchis, Jason is given the quest to retrieve it for Pelias. It is guarded by a dragon. |
| The Argonauts | Jason decides he needs a team of heroes to help him on his quest, including Heracles, Orpheus, and 2 sons of the north wind with the power of flight. They were called this because the ship was named the Argo. |
| The Argo | Jason's ship constructed of wood from the sacred oaks in Dodona. |
| Lemnos | The first stop of the Argonauts. an island full of women who killed their husbands. Ruled by Queen Hypsipyle. Jason falls in love with her and they hang out there for a year before returning to their quest. |
| Chios | The 2nd stop of the Argonauts. They loose 2 men here. Hylas, a young man who is dragged into a river by a nymph, and Heracles, who loved him and refused to leave without finding him. |
| Thrace | The 3rd stop of the Argonauts. Ruled by Phineus, a blind king and formerly a prophet. He was blinded by Zeus for giving too straight-forward of prophecies. Zeus also sent Harpies to torture him and shit on his food. The Argonauts chased the Harpies off. |
| Phineus' directions | After saving him from the Harpies, Phineus gave the Argonauts directions on how to safely travel through Symplegades because he memorized their attack pattern. Told them to send a dove through first to make sure it was safe. |
| Symplegades | Ocean rocks that violently crashed together in a specific pattern that the Argos needed to travel through to reach Colchis. |
| Colchis | The 4th stop of the Argonauts. Upon arriving Jason demands that King Aeetes to hand over the Golden Fleece, but he refuses. |
| Aeetes | King of Colchis and owner of the Golden Fleece. Gives Jason an impossible task to complete in exchange for it. Father of Medea. |
| Aeetes' task for Jason | "Plow up a piece of land with a fire-breathing bull, then plant dragon teeth. They will grow into soldiers, and you must fight them." Madea helps Jason achieve this by giving him a fire-proof ointment and a rock that makes the soldiers fight each other. |
| Madea (Jason) | Daughter of Aeetes, and a witch. Falls in love with Jason hand helps him get the Golden Fleece. |
| Jason and Madea get the Golden Fleece | Aeetes goes back on his word, so Jason and Madea steal it and run away. They kidnap Madea's younger brother Absyrtus, chop him up, and throw his body parts behind them in the water to distract Aeetes from chasing them. |
| The journey back to Iolcus | The Argonauts have to face 2 monsters, Scylla and Charybdis. Normally sailors have to sacrifice a crew member to one of these monsters to escape the other, but Hera sends them Nymphs that guide the ship through safely. |
| Scylla | A man-eating monster that lives on one side of a narrow channel of water opposite to Charybdis. Throws rocks at passing ships. |
| Charybdis | Child of Poseidon. A sea-monster that sucked in water, creating a whirlpool. Lives on one side of a narrow channel of water opposite to Scylla. |
| Argonauts return to Iolcus | Pelias refuses to give up the throne, but welcomes Jason and Madea to live in the palace with his family. |
| Madea's Potion (Jason) | Madea uses a potion to turn Jason younger. Pelias' daughters notice, ask how they can do it for him. Medea tricks them, slices a cow's throat and pours the potion into it, making it a calf. She gives them a faulty potion and they kill Pelias. |
| Jason and Medea are exiled from Iolcus | Medea gets them exiled for tricking Pelias's daughters into killing him. |
| Corinth | The city Jason and Medea end up in after leaving Iolcus. |
| Glauce | The princess of Corinth. Jason dumps Medea for her. The king has no male heir, so Jason will be king of Corinth when he dies. |
| Medea's wedding gift to Glauce | A dress for Glauce. When she goes to show it to her father, the dress catches fire and they both die. |
| Medea (play) | Another progressive (for the time) play with a woman main character. Depicted Medea as sympathetic, and doing the things she did because of what men did to her |
| Medea's revenge on Jason | She kills their 3 sons. At the end of her play, she flies off in a dragon drawn chariot with their bodies. |
| Jason's fate | When he becomes old (again) Jason returns to what remains of the Argo. While he's reminiscing about his journey, a board falls and hits him on the head, killing him. |
| Theseus (story) | One of the most popular Greek stories, but doesn't see many modern adaptations. |
| King Aegeus | King of Athens, father of Theseus. Was unable to have children, so went to the Delphic Oracle. |
| Aegeus's prophecy | "You will be able to have a child, but do not untie the dangling bit of your bag until you get home." |
| King Pittheus | Aegeus' friend who he stops by to see on his way home from the Oracle. Gets Aegeus to "untie the dangling bit of his bag" by sharing drinks. |
| Aethra | Pittheus' daughter. Goes to Aegeus while he's drunk and he "unties the dangling bit of his bag" again by sleeping with her. Aegeus says if she has a son, to send him to a boulder that he will leave a sword and sandals under. She gives birth to Theseus |
| Theseus travels to Athens | He retrieves the sword and sandals his father left for him, and decides to head to Athens. Takes the most dangerous route possible, and comes across 3 monsters on the way. |
| Sinis | The 1st monster Theseus encounters. A giant that catches travelers and kills them by: pulling 2 trees together, tying 1 side to 1 tree, and the other side to the other, then letting the trees go, tearing the person appart. Theseus does the same to him. |
| Sciron | The 2nd monster Theseus encounters. Makes people wash his feet in a river, but when they get next to it, pushes them in and feeds them to his giant turtle. Theseus pushes him in instead. |
| Procrustes | The 3rd monster Theseus encounters. Would welcome travelers into his home, but if they didn't fit perfectly into his guest bed he would make them fit by stretching them or chopping their feet off. When he goes to do this to Theseus, he cut him to pieces. |
| Procrustean | Stretching evidence to fit a claim |
| Theseus' arrival in Athens | Aegeus doesn't recognize him, but his wife, Medea, does. |
| Medus | Son of Aegeus and Medea |
| Medea's scheme (Theseus) | Medea tells Aegeus that Theseus killed people on the road to Athens, and they should invite him to dinner to kill him. Aegeus agrees. Moments before Theseus is about to be poisoned, Aegeus recognizes the sword and sandals, and saves him from the poison |
| Athens and Crete's Quarrel | Theseus is now king of Athens. Minos' son died during a sporting event at Athens and demands reparations. He wants 7 boys and 7 girls to sacrifice to the Minotaur. Theseus decides to kill the Minotaur. |
| Ariadne | Minos' daughter. Falls in love with Theseus and helps him slay the Minotaur by giving him a sword and a ball of string to navigate the labyrinth. After killing the Minotaur, Theseus flees with her. He decides he doesnt love her and leaves her on an island |
| Aegeus kills himself | Theseus told him that if he succeeded, he'd come in flying a white flag. He forgot, so Aegeus assumed he failed, and jumps off a cliff. |
| Antiope (Hippolyta) | Theseus' daughter with the Amazonian Queen. |
| Theseus "chooses a wife" | 1 day Theseus and Pirithous are hanging out and decide they need to get each other wives. Theseus says he wants Helen of Troy (who is VERY young at the time.) They fail. |
| Pirithous "chooses a wife" | Pirithous aims higher, decides he wants Persephone. They travel to the underworld, but Hades catches them trying to do this, and puts them in a scratchy chair forever. Heracles saves Theseus but not Pirithous. |
| Phaedra | Another daughter of Minos, who marries Theseus. Aphrodite curses her to fall in love with her step-son Hippolytus. |
| Hippolytus | Theseus' son with the Amazonian Queen. Doesnt notice when Phaedra tries to seduce him, finds out when his nurse tells him. Gets mad at Phaedra. She kills herself and leaves a note saying he raped her. |
| Hippolytus's trial | He flees after Phaedra kills herself, but Theseus has him captured. before he can be put to death, Artemis shows up and explains what happened, saving him. |
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