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	Knowledge King - Duchy of Athens
		Athens was originally a vassal state of the Kingdom of Thessalonica, but after Thessalonica was captured in 1224 by the Byzantine Despot of Epirus, the duchy became a vassal of the Principality of Achaea.
		In 1444 Athens became a tributary of Constantine Palaeologus, the despot of Morea and heir to the Byzantine throne.
		Although he was known as the "Duke of Athens" from the foundation of the duchy in 1205, the title did not become official until 1280.
	www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/d/du/duchy_of_athens.html

	King of Athens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cecrops was considered the first true king of Athens, although he was a mythical half-man half-serpent.
		These two kings were supposed to have ruled before the flood of the Deucalion story.
		Before the Athenian democracy, the tyrants, and the archons, Athens was ruled by kings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_of_Athens

	Athens
		It houses the monument of the Roman benefactor of Athens, Gaius Julius Antiochus Filopappou.
		This merging is reflected in the myths of Theseus and the portrayal of the population of Athens in the myths.
		Athens had been occupied from 3,000 BC onward, but not until the height of Mycenean rule (1,400 BC to 1,200 BC), did the city begin to create the buildings commonly associated with it.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/aegean/thecities/athens.html

	THESEUS - LoveToKnow Article on THESEUS
		They were deposited in the heart of Athens, and henceforth escaped slaves and all persons in peril sought and found sanctuary at the grave of him who in his life had been a champion of the oppressed.
		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.
		With this agrees the legend of the contest between Athena and Poseidon for supremacy on the acropolis of Athens, for Theseus is intimately connected with Poseidon, the great lonian god.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TH/THESEUS.htm

	NISUS - LoveToKnow Article on NISUS
		, in Greek mythology, king of Megara, brother of Aegeus, king of Athens.
		He finally gained possession of the city through the treachery of the kings daughter Scylla, who, enamoured of Minos, pulled out the golden (or purple) lock from her fathers head, on which his life and the safety of the city depended (for similar stories, see Frazer, Golden Bough, IIi.
		attack Athens to avenge the murder of his son Androgeus, for which Aegeus was directly or indirectly responsible, he laid siege to Megara.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NI/NISUS.htm

	Athens, Greek Mythology Link.
		Cecrops 2 was succeeded by his son Pandion 4, who reigned in Athens until he was expelled by the sons of Metion 1, and having emigrated to Megara, he was later proclaimed king of that city.
		King Cecrops 1, who had a body compounded of man and serpent, was a so called "son of the soil", although sometimes he is called son of Gaia.
		Under Pandion 2, Athens was at war with Thebes, which at the time was ruled by Labdacus 1 (grandfather of Oedipus), for a matter of boundaries.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Athens.html

	Athens
		Athens is the capital of Greece and the country’s largest city, Athens is dominated by the flat-topped hill of the Acropolis, site of the 2400-year-old Parthenon, one of the most famous classical monuments in the world.
		It was the language of Athens and the surrounding district of Attica and differed from the other Ionic forms chiefly in its contraction of vowels.
		Later she was in a bitter struggle with Poseidon god of the sea, for rule in Athens.
	www.wdbydana.com /athens.htm

	House of Athens
		Athens gained support from the Thessalians led by Xuthus, who was the son of Hellen.
		Athens was the principal city of the region Attica.
		Theseus' descendants ruled Athens and Attica, until the arrival of the Ionian, descendants of Ion, during the Dorian invasion.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/athens.html

	History Of Athens Greece
		Athens was tributary to Crete, and had to send there every year a ship-load of youths and maidens to be slain as religious sacrifices, or, as the legend puts it, they were fed to the minotaur.
		His father the Athenian king was without children--nay, he scarcely dared have any, for he was surrounded by a turbulent crowd of nobles who meant to snatch the crown for themselves, only that, as the king was childless, they waited for his death, expecting thus to gain the power without a struggle.
		So the king was united secretly to a princess in a far land, and he told her that if their little son Theseus grew up strong and shrewd she was to send him to claim his inheritance but not otherwise.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/The_Story_of_the_Greatest_Nations_and_the_Worlds_Famous_Events_Vol_1/history_beh.html

	G R E E C E
		Athens, in particular, refused to submit to Theban supremacy and in 369 BC became an ally of Sparta.
		Piraiévs (Piraeus), seaport of Athens, is the largest port of Greece, with a population of 182,671.
		While Athens claimed that the minority was subject to persecution, the Albanian government asserted that nationalist circles in Greece were provoking a crisis and seeking to annex Albania's southern regions, known in Greece as northern Epirus.
	www.1001medrecipes.com /mGREECE.htm

	King Jason hotel Athens, hotel King Jason Athens, Hotel King Jason
		A hit in the heart of Athens theatre and cultural district, and five minutes walk from Omonoia Square, Acropolis, museums, the Parliament, the Town Hall, the Cathedral and the old town of Plaka are all in walking distance from the hotel.
		King Jason Hotel, totally renovated during 2001, is conveniently located to all Athens sites of interest.
		Conveniently located in the commercial centre of Athens, and with easy access to many other places of interest, the King Jason is an ideal base for exploring the city.
	athens.wz.cz /hotel-king-jason-athens.php

	Ancient Greece: Athens
		The next one hundred years would be politically and culturally dominated by Athens; the event that would catapult Athens to the center of the Greek world was the invasion of the Persians in 490 BC.
		Under the Spartan king, Cleomenes I, Athens was overcome in 510 BC and Hippias ran to exile in Persia
		The situation was a powder-keg waiting to go off; suffering under unmanageable debts, sold into slavery, with the government under the control of the wealthy people that were the causes of their problems, the average Athenian farmer was primed for revolution.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/GREECE/ATHENS.HTM

	King Jason Hotel Athens Greece
		King Jason is a B' class hotel situated on Omonia Square in the center of Athens.
	boutrostours.com /hotels-athens/king-jason-hotel.html

	GREEKISLANDS.COM - ATHENS, THE CAPITAL OF GREECE
		Theseus, the son of the King of Athens Aegeous, wanted to free his town from this blood tribute.
		During the goddess' desperate quest for her daughter, she was given hospitality at the home of Keleos, the King of Eleusis.
		The contribution of Athens to the cultural and political sector, constituted the basis of European civilization.
	www.greekislands.com /athens/history.htm

	Grecotel King George II Hotel Athens - Discount Athens Greece Hotels
		The ancient and contemporary Athens is within walking distance to the hotel.
		It is majestically situated in Syntagma Square, at the very heart of Athens.
		King George II is a deluxe class, traditionally designed and centrally located hotel.
	www.discount-athens-hotels.com /Hotel/16487

	Latin 1 - Mythology - Fables - Heroes - Theseus
		heseus, mythological king of Athens, is one of the greatest heroes in mythology.
		The king of Athens, Aegeus, had no children and was very worried about it.
		King Aegeus, not knowing his own son, gave him a banquet at which he presented Theseus with a chalice of wine poisoned by Medea.
	www.dl.ket.org /latin1/mythology/3fables/heroes/theseus.htm

	Tyler Morning Telegraph - NEWS - 09/13/2003 - 2 EMPLOYERS' LAYOFFS CAUSE ECONOMIC IMPACT IN ATHENS
		King said the city is trying to determine what it can do to either facilitate the sale of the plant or get Champion to reopen it.
		Athens employees can possibly transfer to the Burleson plant, but the distance is a factor, Ms.
		King said that at the plant's peak about three years ago, it employed 450 people.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?BRD=1994&dept_id=341384&newsid=10162275&PAG=461&rfi=9

	Theseus
		The son of either Aegeus, king of Athens, or Poseidon and Aethra, Theseus was born and grew up in Troezen, in Argolis.
		Athens into a city, became its first true king, and set it upon the path of civilization.
		Banished from Athens after a descendant of an old king of Athens stirred up a conspiracy against him, Theseus went to Skyros, where King Lycomedes pushed him off a cliff to his death.
	www.springfield.k12.il.us /schools/southeast/pprojects/Heroes/theseus.htm

	Free-CliffNotes.com - Athens And Sparta; The Culture
		Kings ruled the city-state until 682 B.C. Beginning that year, elected officials called archons headed the government of Athens.
		In 1833, after the Greek War of Independence, Athens became the capital of the new kingdom of Greece.
		Athens Athens was one of the first city-states.
	www.free-cliffnotes.com /data/dd/hsz170.shtml

	Encyclopedia Mythica: Image gallery
		The son of the Trojan king Priamus and Hecuba.
		The daughter of Pasiphae and king Minos, wife of the Athenian hero Theseus.
		Triptolemos was one of the men who had great power and honor in Eleusis and was one of the chiefs among the people, protecting the city by their wisdom and true judgements.
	www.pantheon.org /areas/gallery/folklore/greek_heroic

	King George II - Athens Greece Hotels - Hotels in Athens
		Elegantly appointed suites/ with interiors inspired by the Italian turn-of-the-century -King George II- era/ some with decorative fireplace and sitting area which offers vies of the Parliament House and the famous Constitution Square of Athens.
		The piece de resistance- a private terrace with an unsurpassed view of the city/ from the Parthenon to the Panathenaic Stadium/ with a private swimming pool hand-laid with mosaic tiles.
		Rooms are available with King/ Queen or Twin beds and many connect with suites.
	reservations.hotel-athens.com /hotel/10005522-11295579O.html

	Lists of office-holders - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia
		Dukes of Savoy, Kings of Sardinia, and Kings of Italy from 1861
		Kings of the Isle of Man and the Isles
		Dukes of the Archipelago, see Duchy of the Archipelago
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /l/li/lists_of_office_holders.html

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		Theseus was the son either of Poseidon or Aegeus the king of Athens.
		Not only was the apparently heirless king challenged by the fifty sons of his half-brother Pallas, but, worse still, Aegeus had fallen under the spell of Medea, the former wife of Jason and a powerful witch.
		On his journey to Athens he slew several desperate bandits, a fearsome son of Hephaistos, and a dreadful sow, the daughter of the monster Typhon.
	waynesweb.ualr.edu /Scholars/theseus.htm

	ATHENS HOTELS, Athens accommodation hotels in Athens, from cheap hotels to luxury hotel, Greece, Athina, Athens, Greek Islands
		Public transport to Athens and the port of Piraeus is provided by metro, railway and express airport buses, ensuring efficient transport for air travellers and facilitating linkage to key tourist attractions.
		Athens International Airport is located 33km southeast of Athens and is easily accessible via Attiki Odos, a six-lane motorway constituting the Athens City Ring Road.
		Hotel RIO is located in the center of Athens, on the quiet pedestrian street of the Karaiskaki square, next the subway station METAXOURGHIO and quite near the international railway station.
	www.athens-holiday.net

	King Jason Hotel. Athens, Greece. Discount 20%. Cheap class B hotel in Athens.
		The King Jason Hotel, is located in the heart of Athens theatre and cultural district, and five minutes walk from Omonoia Square, Acropolis, museums, the Parliament, the Town Hall, the Cathedral and the old town of Plaka.
		The Hotel King Jason is a three star hotel in the commercial center Athens.
		King Jason is an ideal base for exploring the city.
	www.travels2greece.com /king_jason.shtml

	Myth and Meaning at ISU: Theseus
		He is raised by Athena, whom he honors with the Panathenaea (festival celebrating her patronship of the city) and and Palladium (wooden statue that gets a new robe, or peplos).
		Folktale motif: when Theseus comes of age, he will be strong enough to discover his true identity by lifting the rock that conceals his sword and sandals, gifts of his father.
		Male-born (from spilled semen when Athen thwarted Hephaestus' rape of her).
	lilt.ilstu.edu /drjclassics/mythology2004/chapter_23/chapter23.shtm

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		The main city or capitol of Greece as Athens.
		By 1,200 B.C. Athens had a wall around most of the acropolis.
		Athens was a city that will always be remembered in history.
	www.isd196.k12.mn.us /Schools/gl/Greece/cities.html

	Greek deponents
		The king asked Archimedes if he could figure out if a crown he had was made of pure gold or if it was alloyed with any silver.
		However, King Aegeus recognized the sword and sandals that Theseus had and also realized that the boy was his son.
		King Aegeus saw black sails and thought his son was dead.
	www.wvup.edu /Academics/humanities/Oldaker/greek_deponents.htm

	athens travel - King Jason Hotel - Greece
		hit in the heart of Athens theatre and cultural district, and five minutes walk from Omonoia Square, Acropolis, museums, the Parliament, the Town Hall, the Cathedral and the old town of Plaka are all within walking distance from the hotel.
		Prescot Travel covers all tourism services in Greece such as meet and assist at airport, harbor, or hotel, hotel reservations in Athens, on the islands and on the mainland, transfers per coach, limousine, taxi, ferry boat or train.
		For individual travellers we offer special prices for fly and drive programs, seat in coach tours from one to five days and island hopping programs.
	www.greekhotel.com /athens/king-jason/home.htm

	Athens Hotels, King George II Luxury Hotel in Athens Greece, Athens Hotel Reservations
		Fit for a King, a proud member of the Leading Hotels of the World, the King George II Palace is created for people who recognize quality and demand excellence in all they do.
		Hand-crafted armoires, custom upholstery fabrics in raw silk, and satin-fringed drapes are the sort of details that distinguish the King George II Palace.
		The Tudor Hall Restaurant, located on the 7th floor, Athens’ most acclaimed gourmet restaurant specialising in an imaginative menu inspired by Alain Ducasse Formation, offers magical views of historic Athens and the Acropolis.
	www.lhw.com /property.aspx?propertyid=451

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