Theseus

Family: Athenians · Role: hero · First appears: Book I 1

Life events

• Ariadne rescues Theseus from deadly contests and leaves her homeland aboard his ship.(Book III 8)
  • With: Ariadne
  • “In days past the maiden Ariadne, daughter of Minos, with kindly intent rescued Theseus from grim contests—the maiden whom Pasiphae daughter of Helios bare. But she, when Minos had lulled his wrath to rest, went aboard the ship with him and left her fatherland;”

Book I 1

• parent: Erechtheus “Theseus, who surpassed all the sons of Erechtheus”
• friends with Peirithous “for he had followed that path with Peirithous; assuredly both would have lightened for all the fulfilment of their toil”

Book III 8

• with Ariadne (interaction) “In days past the maiden Ariadne, daughter of Minos, with kindly intent rescued Theseus from grim contests—”
• with Minos (Minos is described as favorably disposed toward Theseus because of Ariadne.) “Would that, as Minos then was well inclined to Theseus for her sake, so may thy father be joined to us in friendship!”

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Extracted from the original text of The Argonautica. Made with Rho MD.