Figure Greek and Roman
Theseus
Θησεύς grc
Legendary king of Athens, son of Aegeus and Aethra; famous for slaying the Minotaur
Overview
legendary king of Athens, son of Aegeus and Aethra; famous for slaying the MinotaurWikidata record description. Read Theseus in the Wikipedia reader.
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One office on record
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
- Dates unrecorded King of Athens
Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
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The family as a list · 18
Kinship in an account 1
Family 17
- child of (child) Aegeus mythical king of Athens
- child of (child) Aethra mother of Theseus
- child of (father) Poseidon one of the twelve Olympians presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses
- parent of (father) Acamas son of Theseus
- parent of (father) Demophon of Athens Athenian king in Greek mythology, son of Theseus and Phaedra
- parent of (father) Hippolytus son of Theseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Iphigenia daughter of Agamemnon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Melanippus son of Theseus and Perigune
- parent of (father) Oenopion mythical character, son of Ariadne with Dionysus or Theseus
- partner of Aegle Greek mythological character, daughter of Panopeus
- partner of Perigune daughter of Sinis in Greek mythology
- partner of Pirithous son of Ixion in Greek mythology
- married to Helen of Troy daughter of Zeus in Greek mythology
- married to Antiope Greek mythological figure: Amazon, daughter of Ares, wife of Theseus
- married to Ariadne the daughter of Minos in Greek mythology
- married to Hippolyta queen of the Amazons in Greek mythology
- married to Phaedra wife of Theseus in Greek mythology
In the texts
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