Theseus

Theseus
Theseus was one of the many heroes in Greek mythology. He was a powerful person who achieved many things. Theseus was born the son of Aegeus and Aethra. Aegeus was the king of Athens. So he didn’t really know his son, but when he left Aegeus left some sandals and a sword under a huge rock. He told Aethra that if the baby was a male then to have him go to the rock when he is strong enough and lift up the rock and take the sandals and the sword. So when Theseus was older his mom took him up there and he picked up the rock like it was nothing and took the items under it. After that Theseus decided he wanted to meet his father. So Theseus walked to Athens. On his way there he ran into robbers and other criminals but that was no problem. When he walked into them he just killed them. When Theseus finally arrived he was rewarded and invited to a banquet. Theseus became very famous. The king, Aegeus, did not know that Theseus was his son and he became very jealous of Theseus because he thought that since Theseus was so popular that he would take over Aegeus’s job at being king. Madea, which was Aegeus’s wife at the time, tried to convince Aegeus to kill Theseus. They were going to kill him by telling him to try and capture a savage marathonian bull. Then Madea tells Aegeus to poison Theseus’s wine and he did. As soon as Aegeus gave Theseus the wine he recognized Theseus’s sword and smacked the cup out of his hands so he wouldn’t drink the wine. Then Theseus was reunited with his father. This was part of Theseus’s life. He had many adventures and accomplished many things.

Questions to Know
1) What did Theseus do when he ran into robbers and criminals? 2) What did Aegeus put under the large rock?

3) What is Aegeus's job?