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  Aegeus 1, Greek Mythology Link.
Aegeus 1 was born in Megara (the city on the Isthmus of Corinth), where his father, the Athenian Pandion 4, had settled after being expelled from Athens by the sons of Metion 1.
Aegeus 1 then left for Athens, and in time a boy Theseus was born to Aethra 2, who did exactly as Aegeus 1 had instructed her, when Theseus was sixteen years old.
Aegeus 2 was the son of Oeolycus, son of Theras, a descendant of Cadmus.
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 Aegeus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Upon the death of Pandion, Aegeus and his brothers took control of Athens from Metion, who had seized the throne from Pandion.
Aegeus (king of Athens) went to Troezena and met with Aethra, daughter of Troezena's king Pittheus.
Aegeus had told Theseus, before he left, to put up the white sails when he left Crete, if he had been successful in killing the Minotaur.
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 Aegeus
Aegeus, an Athenian king, was the son of Pandion and the brother of Pallas, Nisos, and Lykos.
Aegeus returned to Athens and married the sorceress Medea.
She told Aegeus that Theseus was an enemy and a pretender to the throne.
www.pantheon.org /articles/a/aegeus.html   (770 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Aegeus
Greek mythology, Aegeus, also Aigeus, Aegeas or Aigeas, was the father of Theseus (Θησευς;) was a legendary king of Athens, son of Aegeus (or of Poseidon).
Aegeus (king of Athens) went to Troezena and met with In Greek mythology, Aethra was a daughter of King Pittheus of Troezena and, with Aegeas, mother of Theseus.
Medus, with Aegeus), tried to have Aegeas kill Theseus by asking him to capture the In Greek mythology, the Cretan Bull was either the bull that carried away Europa or the bull Pasiphae fell in love with.
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 Aegeus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Still without a male heir, Aegeus asked the (A shrine where an oracular god is consulted) Oracle at (An ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus; site of the Temple of Apollo) Delphi for advice.
Aegeus (king of Athens) went to (Click link for more info and facts about Troezena) Troezena and met with (Click link for more info and facts about Aethra) Aethra, daughter of Troezena's king (Click link for more info and facts about Pittheus) Pittheus.
Henceforth, this sea was known as the (An arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia) Aegean Sea.
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 Theseus
Before leaving Troezen Aegeus hid a sword and a pair of sandals beneath a rock, advising Aethra not to tell the child the secret of his birth until he was old enough to retrieve these things himself.
Aegeus was at first afraid of him, but was persuaded by Madea to invite the young man to a banquet with the intention of poisoning him.
Aegeus, his father, watching for him on the shore, when seeing the fl sail immediately thought Theseus had been killed and threw himself into the sea; and from whence it has been called the Aegean Sea.
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 Theseus: The Athenian Heracles
Sobered up and unbeknowest that a god had also slept with the princess, Aegeus meekly told Aethra the next morning that if a son were born to their union, she should raise him discreetly and not disclose the name of the father.
Aegeus led the girl a rock outside the city, under which he placed his sandals and a sword--a sword that had belonged to the first king of Athens (Cecrops).
Aegeus was ready to offer the cup to him when he caught a glimpse the sword at Theseus's side.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 25 (v. 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Aegeus first married Meta, a daughter of Hoples, and then Chalciope, the daughter of Rhexenor, neither of whom bore him any children.
On his approach to the coast of Attica he forgot his promise, and his father, who was watching on a, rock on the.seacoast, on perceiving the fl sail, thought that his son had perished and threw him­self into the sea, which according to some tradi­tions received from this event the name of the Aegaean sea.
There is only this difference in the accounts, that, ac­ cording to some, Aegeus was the leader of the Cadmean colonists at Sparta, while, according to Herodotus, they received their name of Aegeids from the later Aegeus, the son of Oeolycus.
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 THESEUS - LoveToKnow Article on THESEUS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The legend relates that Aegeus, being childless, went to Pittheus, who contrived that Aegeus should have intercourse with his daughter Aethra, and that in due time Aethra brought forth Theseus.
Being a witch, she knew Theseus before his father did, and tried to persuade Aegeus to poison his son; but Aegeiis recognized him by his sword and took him to his arms.
The well-preserved D,oric temple to the north of the acropolis at Athens, commonly known as the Theseum, was long supposed to be the sanctuary in which the bones of Theseus reposed.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TH/THESEUS.htm   (1729 words)

  
 MythNET - Theseus
Theseus was a great hero from Athens who was the son of the Greek king, Aegeus.
King Aegeus said that if Theseus, when he was old and strong enough, could roll the stone away, then Theseus could travel to Athens to claim himself as the son of the king.
She had obtained a great influence over King Aegeus and didn't want to have that changed if a son appeared in the life of the king.
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 Theseus by Plutarch
Afterwards, Aegeus, in case the girl might be pregnant, put a sword and a pair of shoes under a large rock and told Aethra that if she gave birth to a son who could lift that rock, the sword and the shoes would be for him.
Aegeus did not know who Theseus was, but Medea understood that Theseus would mean the end of her influence.
Aegeus saw the fl sail and remembered that this was the signal that his son Theseus was dead, so he jumped off a cliff to his death.
www.ahistoryofgreece.com /biography/theseus.htm   (3448 words)

  
 Greek Mythology-Theseus
Before Aegeus went back to Athens, he told his wife that if his child was a boy and grew up to be big and strong, he could move the stone, take the gifts and return to Athens.
Aegeus knocked the glass out of his son's hands and embraced him.
Aegeus was standing on the walls of his castle watching for the ship so when he notice the ship without a white flag, he gave out a mighty cry and leapt to his death.
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 Theseus and the Minotaur
When Aegeus returned to Athens, he left Aethra with her father, for he feared she would come to harm if Pallas knew she was Aegeus’s wife.
But when the stranger presented himself to Aegeus, the king could scarcely contain his joy, for he realized that the young man was wearing the sword and sandals he had buried beneath the rock for his son to find one day.
Aegeus had Androgeus waylaid on the road to Thebes, intending to have him held captive long enough to be persuaded to support Aegeus, or at least not to interfere on the side of Pallas if the two brothers should end up at war with each other.
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 Myth Man's Theseus Myth of the Month   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Aegeus gave Aethra one last passionate kiss, and told the beautiful woman that he would always consider her his wife.
She convinced King Aegeus that the young stranger was a spy, who had come to assassinate him, and had the King's minions invite him to a banquet at the Dolphin Temple.
Aegeus called a general assembly, summoned all the citizens and introduced Theseus as his son and heir.
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 Aegeus < NWN < TWiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Aegeus is one of the largest and busiest trade cities in the northern continent.
The inhabitants of Aegeus have become less and less the educated middle class merchants, and more and more violent pirates.
Many suspect that the only reason that the Emporer has not taken action against the pirates of Aegeus is that the Camulan navy is not able to survive without the royal merchant fleet being given a pass by the pirates.
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 Theseus, Greek mythology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Aegeus hid his sword and sandals under a rock, and said that when Theseus was strong enough to lift the rock, he would bring the things to his father for recognition.
She told king Aegeus that the young man was conspiring against him, and the king sent Theseus away to catch the bull from
When his father Aegeus sat on a rock looking for the ships, and saw the fl sails approaching, he jumped from the rock into the sea, which got the name the Aegean Sea.
www.in2greece.com /english/historymyth/mythology/names/theseus.htm   (875 words)

  
 AEGEUS - LoveToKnow Article on AEGEUS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
He was deposed by his nephews, but Theseus defeated them and reinstated his father.
But, on his return, he forgot to hoist the white sail, and his father, supposing that his son had lost his life, threw himself from a high rock on which he was keeping watch into the sea, which was afterwards called the Aegean.
The Athenians honored him with a statue and a shrine, and one of the Attic demes was named after him.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AE/AEGEUS.htm   (147 words)

  
 Heroes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Aegeus recognizes Theseus' sword as he is about to drink and knocks the goblet from his lips at the last second.
While Theseus is away capturing the bull, trouble stirs and blood flows between the houses of Aegeus in Athens and Minos, his brother in Crete.
Aegeus, consequently, watching from afar believes his son is dead and hurls himself into the sea, named the 'Aegean' after him.
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Before Aegeus left Troezen he placed his sword and sandals beneath a huge rock and told his wife Aethra that when their son, Theseus, could lift the rock he was to bring the gifts to his kingdom in Athens.
Aegeus, however, recognized the sword and sandals, saved Theseus, and exiled Medea.
Aegeus saw fl sails, and, thinking his son dead, the grief-stricken father threw himself into the sea, thereafter called the Aegean.
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 Labyrinth Connections - Technical details - Theseus and the defeat of the Minotaur
Aegeus was the son of Pandion of Megara and Pylia.
Aegeus much loved his son Theseus, but was sorely burdened by the tribute due to Minos, King of Crete.
Aegeus daily kept watch for Theseus and after some time, it happened that he chanced to see a ship approach and he knew that it was the same for which he had so carefully watched.
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 Latin 1 - Mythology - Fables - Heroes - Theseus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
When Aegeus departed for Athens the next morning, he left a pair of sandals and a sword under a very large rock.
She had agreed to help Aegeus with his childless situation and had borne him a son named Medus, now ready to take the throne when Aegeus died.
King Aegeus, not knowing his own son, gave him a banquet at which he presented Theseus with a chalice of wine poisoned by Medea.
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 theseus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Aegeus and Theseus' birth (3.14ff.) + Minos' revenge
Aegeus sent him against the bull of Marathon, which killed him.
Aegeus to be on his guard against him, alleging that Theseus was
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 Theseus
There is some confusion about Theseus' parentage, some say he is the son of Aegeus and Aethra, and others the son of Poseidon and Aethra.
As he left, he left sandals and a sword under a large rock; should Aethra bear a male child, she was to send him to Athens to claim his birthright as soon as he was old enough to lift the rock and retrieve the items.
When Theseus reached Athens, Medea, the wife of Aegeus, persuaded Aegeus to kill the as of yet unrecognized Theseus by having him attempt to capture the savage Marathonian Bull.
www.pantheon.org /articles/t/theseus.html   (658 words)

  
 Medea in Athens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It is something we do often, Aegeus and I. An old married couple, waiting only for a peaceful death, and burial by their children: that is what old age should be.
Aegeus has come to realize that, though for years he thought I was an impulsive fiend, at best a pawn for a series of gods' pranks.
Aegeus will never again go to war, though I suppose he is probably physically able.
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 The adventures of Theseus (I)
His father Aegeus was childless and when he consulted the oracle at Delphi, he received an obscure reply and in order to interpret it, he visited Pittheus, the king of Troezen, famous for his wisdom.
When Aegeus departed, he left behind a sword and a pair of sandals, under a rock and told Aethra, that if the child was a boy and reached manhood to lift the rock, take the sword and the sandals and come to Athens.
When Theseus arrived at Athens, Medeia, the wife of Aegeus, suspecting who was, she persuaded Aegeus to invite him to a banquet, intending to kill him with poison.
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 Aegeus * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
Aegeus forced his brother, Lykus (Lycus), to flee Athens and settle in southern Asia Minor.
When Theseus arrived in Athens as a young man bearing the sword and sandals Aegeus did not immediately recognize him; in the intervening years, Aegeus had married the sorceress, Medea, and she knew exactly who Theseus was and began devising plans to dispose of him.
Medea persuaded Aegeus to send Theseus to the plains of Marathon to capture a fierce bull that had been ravaging the countryside; Theseus successfully captured the bull and sacrificed it to Apollon.
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