Bronze Crutch | Killed Father, Raped Daughter | Robber Nicknamed Sow | Robber or Official | Kill Father and Rape His Daughters | Marathonian Bull
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King Aegeus (Ancient Greek: Αἰγεύς) of Athens was barren. To have an heir, he married Medea (Ancient Greek: Μήδεια, Latin: Medea), who Jason (Greek: Ιάσων, Latin: Easun) had abandoned. Medea gave birth to a son, Medus (Ancient Greek: Μῆδος). Who was likely the seed of her ex-husband, and Aegeus had harvested. Aethra (Ancient Greek: Αἴθρα) became pregnant with Poseidon, so deliberately had a one-night stand with Aegeus and gave birth to Theseus (Ancient Greek: Θησεύς), who also impersonated the son of Aegeus.
In 1270 B.C., Aethra gave birth to her son. Around 1252 B.C., when Theseus was 19 years old, Aethra instructed her son to take out the shoes, shield, and sword that Aegeus had buried and go to Athens to find his father. It was safer to go to Athens by sea. But Theseus chose to follow a dangerous path around the Saronic Gulf. Along the way, he passed six entrances to the underworld, each with a strong man robbing passers-by.
Bronze Crutch
When Theseus reached Epidaurus (Greek: Ἐπίδαυρος) by a path, he met Periphetes (Ancient Greek: Περιφήτης). He was the son of Hephaestus (Ancient Greek: Ἥφαιστος, Romanized: Hḗphaistos) and Anticlea (Anticlia or Anticleia; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίκ Ἀντίκ; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίκ λεια). Anticlea means “without fame,” so we find no mention of her either. Note, that the mother of Odysseus (Ancient Greek: Ὀδυσσεύς, Ὀδυσεύς, romanized: Odysseús.mw-parser-output, Odyseús) had this name, but not the same person.
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Killed Father, Raped Daughter
At the Isthmus of Corinth, another entrance to Hell, Theseus encountered the robber Sinis (Ancient Greek: Σίνης). Sinis’ father was Procrustes (Greek: Προκρούστης Prokroustes), and his mother was Sylea, the daughter of Corinthus (Ancient Greek: Κόρινθος Korinthos).
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Robber Nicknamed Sow
Theseus traveled on to Crommyon (Krommyon; Ancient Greek: Κρομμυών). Here, he killed a huge pig. The pig was kept by the old woman, Phaea (Greek: Φαιά, Phaiā́), which means “gray.” The sow often ravaged the area around Cromerne between Megara and Corinth. Her offspring is the famous Calydonian Boar.
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Robber or Official Protecting the People?
Near Megara, a robber named Sciron (also Sceiron, Skeirôn, and Scyron; Ancient Greek: Σκίρων) used to force travelers to wash his feet on a cliff. As they knelt before him, he would suddenly kick them with his foot, sending the travelers into the sea. A giant sea turtle would eat anyone who fell. Theseus met Sciron in Megara, and he grabbed him by the feet and threw him into the sea to feed the turtle.
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Kill the Father and Rape His Daughters
Theseus arrived again at Elefsina (Greek: Ελευσίνα, Romanized: Elefsína). King Cercyon (Ancient Greek: Κερκύων, Romanized: Kerkúōn) here was very fond of wrestling. He challenged passers-by to a wrestling match, promising his opponents his kingdom if he won. If they lost, they would be killed. Theseus defeated the king with skill and killed him. As stated earlier, killing and lusting for sex have been standard for heroes since ancient times. Not one to miss an opportunity to display his virility, Theseus killed the king and then ravished Cercyon’s daughters.
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Cutting People to Fit the Bed
Theseus traveled on to Korydallos, a mountain in Erineus, and encountered Procrustes (Greek: Προκρούστης Prokroustes). Procrustes’ son was Sinis, who was killed by Theseus At the Isthmus of Corinth. He had two beds and demanded that passers-by sleep in one according to their height. If the guest was shorter than the bed, they used to stretch them to fit the bed. If the guest was longer than the bed, a saw was used to cut off the excess. Theseus did the same thing to Procrustes. Kill Procrustes in his own bed.
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Marathonian Bull
In the previous section, “Liberation — Wrestling with Death”, we recounted the origins of the Marathonian Bull. Pasiphaë (Ancient Greek: Πασιφάη), the wife of Minos (Ancient Greek: Μίνως), fell in love with the bull that Minos was going to sacrifice to Poseidon. The human-bull mating gave birth to two bull-headed monsters. One was confined in a labyrinth built by Daedalus (Greek: Δαίδαλος; Latin: Daedalus; Etruscan: Taitale). The other escaped and was captured by Heracles (Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλῆς, Romanized: Hēraklēs) and brought to Eurystheus (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυσθεύς). Since there was no one to control the bull, it went back to the plains of Marathon (Demotic Greek: Μαραθώνας, Marathónas; Attic/Katharevousa: Μαραθών, Marathṓn) and devastated the crops there.
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Arno Will, March 3, 2025.
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