Demophon (King of Athens)

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		The Athenians are at first reluctant to grant them asylum, since the family of the great demigod may bring political and military strife on the city, but Demophon, King of Athens, agrees to admit them.
		Demophon, daughter of Theseus and President of Athens
		Eurystheus' forces surround the city, and an oracle announces that the safety of Athens depends on the sacrifice of a virgin.
	www.amrep.org /herakles (585 words)

	History
		She fell in love with Demophon, son of Theseus, King of Athens, when Demophon, visited Thrace on his way from Troy to Athens.
		When Demophon, who had promised to marry her, failed to return on the appointed day.
		Phyllis hung herself and was Metamorphosed into an Almond Tree, which when embraced by the grief stricken Demophon on his delayed arrival, burst into full bloom.
	www.freemasonry.org /phyllis/history.htm (4829 words)

	THE HERACLEIDAE
		CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY IOLAUS, friend of Heracles COPREUS, herald of EURYSTHEUS DEMOPHON, King of Athens MACARIA, daughter of Heracles SERVANT, of Hyllus, son of Heracles ALCMENA, mother of Heracles MESSENGER EURYSTHEUS; King of Argos CHORUS OF AGED ATHENIANS Acamas, the brother of DEMOPHON, younger sons of Heracles, attendants, guards, etc.
	www.pos1.info /h/heracled.htm (8016 words)

	Theseus, Greek Mythology Link.
		Theseus' mother then became the handmaid of Helen, but at the end of the Trojan War she was taken back to Athens by Demophon 1 and Acamas 1, sons of Theseus.
		On his return from Troy, Demophon 1 came with a few ships to the land of the Thracian Bisaltians.
		There he became the lover of the king's daughter Phyllis 1, and her father gave her to him with the kingdom for her dowry.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Theseus.html (2788 words)

	Macaria
		When she and her siblings took refuge from Eurystheus with Demophon, king of Athens, Eurystheus prepared to take them from the kingdom by force.
		Oracles told Demophon that his city would win the battle over Heracles's descendants only if a highborn maiden was offered as a sacrifice to Persephone.
		Macaria was the daughter of Heracles and appears in Euripides's play Heraclidae (The Children of Heracles).
	www.pantheon.org /articles/m/macaria.html (109 words)

	Wise Owl Newsletter -- Autumn 2003
		After some time Demophon missed Athens so much that he asked to go home for a while.
		The young man had ended up there while sailing home from Troy, and the king gave him part of his kingdom and married him to his daughter.
		Phyllis was left waiting at the altar on her wedding day by her intended, Demophon.
	www.druansha.com /owl/issue5/5Owl17.htm (294 words)

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