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·  @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theseus  ·  @http://www.pantheon.org/articles/t/theseus.html  ·  @http://www.in2greece.com/english/historymyth/mythology/names/theseus.htm  ·  @http://www.e-classics.com/theseus.htm  <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">@http://www.authorama.com/old-greek-stories-15.html <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">Theseus is the son of Poseidon, the Olympian god of the sea, and Aethra, a princess of Troezen. Aethra was married to King Aegeus, but stayed home in Troezen while Aegeus dealt with political instability in Athens. Before Aegeus left Troezen, he left a sword and sandals for any son who could move the rock concealing them. However, Aethra had also been seduced by Poseidon, and when she spoke of her son's father being a great king, Theseus clearly expected that she spoke of her husband, King Aegeus, rather than the sea-god. When he became the age to try it, Theseus was able to obtain the sword and sandals Aegeus had left behind, and then left for Athens to fulfill his destiny. <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">He pulled the sword from a rock that nobody got. His power was strength. Theseus was going around defeating thieves, murderers and monsters that terrorized the road. He used the sword that he pulled from the rock. <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">Along the way he met Phaea, the she-serpent spawn of Typhon and Echidna, the wrestler named Sceiron, Sinis Pityocamptes the pine-bender, Cercyon, the cruel king of Eleusis and Procrustes, the owner of an inn where guests never departed. The Phytalians purified Theseus of the murders at the Temple of Zeus. Theseus reportedly reported to Jason's call for a team of brave heroes to accompany him to Colchis to retrieve the Golden Fleece. This band of heroes became known as the Argonauts, but Theseus didn't stand out far in this adventure. Retrieve the Golden Fleece. This band of heroes became known as the Argonauts, but Theseus didn't stand out far in this adventure. <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">A weapon that he used was a sword that he retrieved from the rock. <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">My opinion on this is I really do not like it. No I don’t respect them because they are not even real. One question that I want to ask is why we had to do this project. <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">There is a school name after him it was founded in 1970. It is a hotel also named after him <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">located in the Volksgarten, Vienna. Folly of Greek temple built in the 1930's.  <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">According to the encyclopedia of world mythology Theseus was an official hero or Athens. He was born in the Athens and his most famous exploit took place in Crete, where he slew the Minotaur, the man-bull hybrid who lived in a labyrinth and terrorized Athenian youth. <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">Some of the other characters Theseus were linked to be the tyrant Pisistruants. He defeated the man-bull that means he was also linked to him. His lived with his mother Aethra and his grandfather. His mother was a princess and one of the other princesses called Theseus to their side for help. <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">There are statues in museums and around the word. There is a statue with him defeating the man-bull with the sword down his throat. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msospacerun: yes; msothemecolor: accent5; msothemeshade: 191;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">