Theseus
Mortal man
Theseus (UK: , US: ; Ancient Greek: Θησεύς, romanized: Thēseús, lit. 'the placer', 'the instituter' or 'one who establishes order', [tʰɛːsěu̯s]) was a divine hero in Greek mythology, famous for slaying the Minotaur. The myths surrounding Theseus, his journeys, exploits, and friends, have provided material for storytelling throughout the ages.
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Mentions in the Iliad
A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
“Mightiest were these of men reared upon the earth; mightiest were they, and with the mightiest they fought, the mountain-dwelling centaurs, and they destroyed them terribly. With these men I had fellowship, when I came from Pylos, from a distant land far away; for they themselves called me.”
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Father · Sources
Mightiest were these of men reared upon the earth; mightiest were they, and with the mightiest they fought, the mountain-dwelling centaurs, and they destroyed them terribly. With these men I had fellowship, when I came from Pylos, from a distant land far away; for they themselves called me.
Il. 1.265
Grandfather · Sources
Описание прямо называет Питфея отцом Эфры, матери Тесея; снимок Smith в базе подтверждает 'Aethra, daughter of Pittheus'. Тесей — внук Питфея, тип descendant_of.
Theseus · Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 'Theseus'See all 2
In art
Richard Geiger. Geiger Richárd - görög népek 003 Ariadné átadja Thészeusznak a fonalat. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGeiger_Rich%C3%A1rd_-_g%C3%B6r%C3%B6g_n%C3%A9pek_003_Ariadn%C3%A9_%C3%A1tadja_Th%C3%A9szeusznak_a_fonalat.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Richard Geiger
Photograph / reproduction date: 1900
Richard Geiger. Geiger Richárd - görög népek 003 Ariadné átadja Thészeusznak a fonalat. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGeiger_Rich%C3%A1rd_-_g%C3%B6r%C3%B6g_n%C3%A9pek_003_Ariadn%C3%A9_%C3%A1tadja_Th%C3%A9szeusznak_a_fonalat.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Richard Geiger
Photograph / reproduction date: 1900
Laurent de La Hyre. La Hyre Thésée découvrant les armes de son père Caen. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105534793
Laurent de La Hyre. La Hyre Thésée découvrant les armes de son père Caen. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105534793
Lovis Corinth. Ariadne on Naxos. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118252040
Lovis Corinth. Ariadne on Naxos. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118252040
Maurice Denis. L2965 - Le Taureau de Marathon - Maurice Denis (1870-1943). Musée d'Orsay. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17493075
Maurice Denis. L2965 - Le Taureau de Marathon - Maurice Denis (1870-1943). Musée d'Orsay. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17493075
Peter Paul Rubens. The Feast of Acheloüs. Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19911692
Peter Paul Rubens. The Feast of Acheloüs. Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19911692
Stamnos. Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities of the Louvre. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20012281
Stamnos. Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities of the Louvre. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20012281
Charles André van Loo. Theseus Taming the Bull of Marathon. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20880324
Charles André van Loo. Theseus Taming the Bull of Marathon. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20880324
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Sources and verification
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- Wikipedia · Theseus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Excerpt; remaining sentences omitted.
Reference material remains distinct from the poem’s assertions. Characters who share a name retain separate pages.