Aegeus

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Aegeus is a legendary king of Athens in Greek mythology, best known as the father of the hero Theseus and the namesake of the Aegean Sea.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Aegeus canonical 13
King Aegeus 1
King Aegeus of Athens 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek mythological figure
legendary king of Athens
mythological king
appearsInWork Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
surface form: Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca

Pausanias’ Description of Greece
surface form: Pausanias’s Description of Greece

Life of Theseus
surface form: Plutarch’s Life of Theseus
associatedWithBodyOfWater Aegean Sea
associatedWithMyth Theseus and the Minotaur
associatedWithPlace Athens
Troezen
category Attic mythology
Eponymous figures in Greek mythology
Kings in Greek mythology
child Medus
Theseus
consulted Oracle of Apollo
surface form: Delphic oracle
country Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
culture Ancient Greek culture
deathCause suicide
eponymOf Aegean Sea
father Pandion II
fatherOf Theseus
hasSymbol Aegean Sea
knownFor being father of Theseus
giving his name to the Aegean Sea
suicide after misinterpreting Theseus’s ship sails
mannerOfDeath drowning
mother Pylia
mythology Greek mythology
notableEvent consulted oracle about having heirs
left sword and sandals under a rock for his future son
recognized Theseus by sword and sandals in Athens
sent youths to Crete as tribute to Minos
parent Pandion II
placeOfDeath Aegean Sea
positionHeld Amphictyon
surface form: King of Athens
predecessor Pandion II
religion ancient Greek religion
ruledOver Attica
sibling Lycus
Proetus
surface form: Nisus

Pallas
Pallas’s unnamed brothers
spouse Aethra
Chalciope
Meta
Pallas’s daughter Meda
successor Theseus

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Theseus father Aegeus
Troezen linkedByMythTo Aegeus
Athenian tribute of youths and maidens associatedWith Aegeus
this entity surface form: King Aegeus
Athenian tribute of youths and maidens paidBy Aegeus
this entity surface form: King Aegeus of Athens
Androgeus associatedWith Aegeus
Aethra spouseOrConsortOf Aegeus
Aethra conceivedChildWith Aegeus
Demophon relative Aegeus
Demophon grandfather Aegeus
Medea protectedBy Aegeus
Troizen associatedWithMyth Aegeus
Hippolytus relatedTo Aegeus