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November 4

Athens & Theseus



Connection between heroes and locales

1. Heracles Thebes, Tiryns, Trachis

2. Jason olcus, Corinth

!. "erseus Ar#os4. $ellero%hon Corinth, ycia '() Tur*ey+

.m%act%olitical le#itimacyhistory

Hero and the City



Athenian Autochthony Autochthonous

(%run# -rom thearth/

Not descended -rominvadin# #rou%sHeraclidae/

richthonius0Cecro%s

"oseidon and Athenaboth im%ortant



ey i#ures in Theseus 3ythather's+ "oseidon5 Ae#eus, *in# o- Athens

3other Aethra o- Troe6en"riestess o- "oseidon

vil ste%mother 3edeavil 7ncle "allas

)ives0lovers Ariadne, Antio%e, "haedra(on Hi%%olytus

riend "iritho8s, *in# o- the a%iths'Thessaly+



in# Ae#eus0"oseidon 9 "rincess Aethra

Ae#eus e:iled"allas

"ittheus, in# o- Troe6enAethra

- Aethra has a boy, he must be raised without*nowin# his -ather;s name

<aise the #reat stone

Theseus; birth



Theseus earlier lin*ed to Troe6en

Athens later claimed himnserted into many myths

Heracles, ama6ons, riddin# the land o-monsters and bandits

e#ends o- Theseus come mainly in Athenianartists & %laywri#hts

A%%ro%riation/ by Athens



e ourney ome, an :abours

Theseus li-ts thestone, decides toreturn home=o by land

instead o- sea



"eri%hetes%idaurus

Also calledCorynetes 'Club

3an/+i*es to clubtravellers

Theseus ta*es his

club



Crommyon (ow3e#ara

a #iant cow



CercyonAt leusis

local hero

Com%els

travellers towrestle with himAntaeus



(cironCli?s o- (ciron

ocal cult hero

orced travellers to

wash his -eet*ic*ed o? cli?s



"rocrustes<oad to Athens

The(tretcher/

Cut down orhammeredtravellers tosi6e to @t hisbed



Arrival at AthensAe#eus married

to 3edea3edea %lans to

%oison

newcomer

Ae#eus sees Theseus; sword

Ae#eus restoredto throne



3inos; "alace '1BB>12BB $C+

3inos, in# o- Creteuro%a and eus

3inoans/

nossos



3inos re-used to sacri@ceCretan bull to "oseidon"oseidon ma*es "asi%haD

made her -all in love witha bull

"asi%haD;s "assion



Eaedalus(*illed en#ineer

m%loyed by 3inos

)ooden cow -or "asi%haD

abyrinth -or 3inotaur'C" FF+He %lanned con-usion

by labyrinthine %assa#esthat deceived the eyes.Eaedalus contrivedinnumerous %aths, and

va#ue windin#s sointricate that he, thearchitect, hardly couldretrace his own ste%s./



li#ht o- carusEaedalus and son

carus wish to leaveCrete, but 3inos%revents themEaedalus -ashions

win#s o- wa: and-eathers

"haethon



3inos; son murdered because o- his athleticvictories

3inos -urious attac*s Athens

Athens sends s%ecial tribute every nine yearsMinotauros

Theseus; labour

3inos and Athens



Theseus and Ariadne Theseus abandons

Ariadne on Na:osEionysos

Theseus had a#reedwith -ather to usewhite sails on returnNemesis

Ae#eus hurls himsel-into the 'Ae#ean+(ea



Cham%ion o- the G%%ressed/Heracles, Gedi%us, Grestes

nserted into many other classic uests

The Ar#onautsCalydonian $oar HuntAthenian %roverb Not without Theseus/

Credited with ma*in# Athens #reat

Synoecism o- Attica7nion o- communities into one %olitical unitAthens as centre

in# Theseus



7nder Cecro%s and the @rst *in#s, down tothe rei#n o- Theseus, Attica had alwaysconsisted o- a number o- inde%endenttownshi%s, each with its own town hall and

ma#istratesIn Theseus, however, they had a*in# o- eual intelli#ence and %ower, and oneo- the chie- -eatures in his or#ani6ation o- thecountry was to abolish the council>chambers

and ma#istrates o- the %etty cities, and tomer#e them into one %olitical centreIso thatwhen Theseus died he le-t a #reat statebehind him./

>Thucydides

Theseus; Synoecism



Theseus oinsHeracleslate traditionAntio%eHi%%olytus

Ama6ons invadeAtticaEe-eated by Theseus

Ama6onomachy



"iritho8s and Theseus to hel% each othersecure wives Theseus Helen"iritho8s "erse%hone

Theseus ca%tures Helen as #irl and #ives herto AethraEioscuri 'Castor and "ollu:+ rescue Helen,

enslave Aethra

Theseus and "iritho8s held -ast by ma#icchairs in the 7nderworldHeracles rescues Theseus, "iritho8s remains

Tri% to the 7nderworld



Eriven out o- Athens by <e#ent, 3enestheus3enestheus leads Athenians to Troan )ar

Theseus Lees to island o- (cyros3urdered there by the local *in#

Theseus; ndM



Gri#inally a minor hero

nte#rated into older myths

"olitical and mytholo#ical @#ure

Athens; @rst #reat *in#Cham%ion o- the G%%ressed/ounded early %olitical structures

Conclusions

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