That Hippolytus tried to rape her. Hippolytus was exiled because of her letter and Theseus never learned the truth (email 1.
Theseus was a man of many accomplishments. Theseus wanted nothing more than to be like Heracles, his cousin. This was part of the reason Theseus chose to walk to
Athens instead of by sea. He felt the sea was too easy of a journey (email). On his way to Athens he defeated many monsters. In Epidaurus there was a man named Periphetes who tried to kill him but Theseus was able to defeat him. In honor of his first victory Theseus kept Periphetes’ club. Periphete was the first of Theseus’s victories but was sure enough not the last. Theseus had defeated many others along the way including a man named Procrustes. Two other monsters were Sciron, amd Sinis. Sciron was a man known for pushing those who tried to pass by, over the cliff. Sinis was a little more harsh with his killing technique. Sinis would bend to limbs of a tree and tie whoever was there to the two different limbs with their wrists. Then when they could not hold on anymore they were forced to let go. This cause them to be separated and body parts went in every direction (Skidmore 4-8). When Theseus finally arrived in Athens his troubles were not over. Medea, Aegeus’s wife, had tried to poison Theseus. However when Theseus went to drink the unknown poison, Aegus noticed that Theseus had his sword. Aegus then quickly stopped Theseus from taking the poison. Medea then left and fled to Asia to avoid punishment. Aegus then made Theseus his successor. During this time Athens was Starrett 3 facing many problems with the kind of Crete, Minos.
The Athenians were required to send seven maidens to Crete every year. Those who were sent were eaten by a monster that was made of a bull’s body and a human head. They called the monster, Minotaur (Theseus in Myth 1 &2). Theseus was determined to stop this from happening, so he elected himself to go an when he was there he would try to defeat the Minotaur. Aegus was scared that Theseus would not return so he begged him not to go. Theseus refused to stay, but made his father a promise. He told Aegus that if he defeated the Minotaur he would replace the black flag on his boat with a white one. Theseus set out for Crete and when arrived there he successfully defeated the Minotaur. He was so excited and quickly set sail for home. However, he was excited that he forgot to change the flag to the white one. When his ship was visible by those in Athens, they thought Theseus had died. His father, Aegus was so devastated that he killed himself now that the king was dead, Theseus had taken his father’s place as king (Hansen 1). Theseus served as king until Athens was corrupted. After the corruption went to Skyros where he was eventually killed by King Lycomedes (Theseus 1). In the fifth century, a man by the name of Cimon returned Theseus’s bones back to Athens. His bones were then set in the temple, Theseum.
Theseus was most definitely a huge part of history. Some saw him as a hero while others saw him as nothing more than the King of Athens. However, either way he played a big part of Greek Mythology. His early years were definitely confusing and an important of his life. He accomplished many defeats along his journey to Athens to find his father and even after finding him he continued to be a hero. There was never a dull moment. Theseus was quick to respond and never took the easy way out. He was definitely a man
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who deserved the credit that he received.