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Theseus – Mythopedia Theseus was a hero and king of Athens His most notable accomplishments included killing the Minotaur and transforming his city into a major regional power
Ariadne – Mythopedia Ariadne, daughter of Minos, was the Cretan princess who helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur Abandoned by Theseus on the island of Naxos, she later married the god Dionysus
Hippolyta – Mythopedia Hippolyta was an Amazon queen and the owner of a famous mythical girdle She fought Heracles when the hero was sent to her kingdom to steal the girdle for his ninth labor
Minotaur – Mythopedia The Minotaur was a hybrid monster (half-bull, half-man) born of the unorthodox union between the queen of Crete and a beautiful bull The Minotaur was hidden from the world in the Labyrinth, a giant maze, where it was eventually slain by the Athenian hero Theseus
Antiope (daughter of Ares) – Mythopedia Antiope was one of the queens of the Amazons, a race of warrior women who lived near the Black Sea After she was carried off by the Athenian hero Theseus, the Amazons sailed across the sea and invaded Athens in order to get her back
Phaedra (Play) – Mythopedia Phaedra (wife of Theseus; stepmother of Hippolytus) Nurse Chorus Theseus (king of Athens; husband of Phaedra; father of Hippolytus) Messenger Synopsis Act 1 The play begins with a long ode sung by Hippolytus, the son of the Athenian king Theseus and an Amazon woman (either Hippolyta or Antiope, depending on the source)
Demophon (son of Theseus) - Mythopedia Demophon, son of Theseus, was a Greek hero who ruled as joint king of Athens alongside his brother Acamas Demophon and Acamas fought in the Trojan War; after the city was sacked, they rescued their grandmother Aethra from slavery
Crommyonian Sow – Mythopedia The Crommyonian Sow, sometimes known as Phaea, was an unusually large and aggressive sow who plagued the town of Crommyon The hero Theseus killed the beast while traveling to Athens to meet his father
Helen of Troy – Mythopedia Helen of Troy, “the face that launched a thousand ships,” was a daughter of Zeus and Leda who was famous for her extraordinary beauty When Helen left her Greek husband for a handsome Trojan prince, the Greeks started the Trojan War to get her back
Amphitrite – Mythopedia Amphitrite was an enchanting nymph from the depths of the sea An important goddess in her own right, she became the wife and queen of Poseidon, one of the greatest gods of the Greek pantheon